Counterterrorism
By: Marie Helen Maras
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9781449648602
Subjects: Terrorism; Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding terrorism and terrorists' mindset; title: Terrorism : an introduction; title: Perspectives on terrorism : hypotheses and theories; title: Factors influencing the sustainability of and disengagement from terrorism; title: Driving forces behind counterterrorism policies; title: Terrorists here, terrorists there, terrorists everywhere : assessing the risk of terrorism; title: The era of uncertainty and precaution; title: War on terrorism : impact on counterterrorism policy; title: Counterterrorism : evaluating what works and what doesn't work in the discipline; title: Panopticism : intelligence gather, surveillance, and registration; title: Police tactics : the good, the bad and the ugly; title: Preventive detention : lock them up and throw away the key; title: Punishing terrorists : unjustifiably harsh?; title: Rehab for terrorists; title: The media and the internet : insights into quashing terrorist ideology; title: Making peace with terrorists; title: Thinking outside of the box : in search of the "mitos" for terrorists; title: Appendix selected international and national terrorism incidents.