The Local Prevention of Terrorism [electronic resource] : Strategy and Practice in the Fight Against Terrorism /
Skoczylis, Joshua J.author.
This book explores the success and failures of the Prevent strategy, which was developed by the UK Government to help stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It provides a holistic overview of the policy's formation, delivery and impact on Muslim communities.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover ""; ""Half-Title ""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Concepts and Tensions AffectingPrevent""; ""3 Is CONTEST Innovative?Counter-Terrorism and Prevent""; ""4 The National Implementation ofPrevent""; ""5 Prevent and Its Local Professional Delivery""; ""6 Local Communities and Prevent""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Details of Interviewees and Focus Group Members""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores the success and failures of the Prevent strategy, which was developed by the UK Government to help stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It provides a holistic overview of the policy's formation, delivery and impact on Muslim communities.
Criminology.
Organized crime.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Organized Crime.
Crime and Society.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Sociology, general.