Terrorism and counter-terrorism
Subtitle: criminological perspectives
By: edited by Mathieu Deflem.
Contributors: Deflem, Mathieu.
Series: Sociology of crime, law and deviance -- v. 5
Publisher: JAI
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Amsterdam; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Terrorism.; Terrorism -- Political aspects.; Terrorism -- Prevention.
Notes: Includes index and bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Theoretical perspectives in the criminology of terrorism; title: Terrorism as social control / Donald Black; title: Terrorism and criminology / Richard Rosenfeld; title: A reciprocal approach to terrorism and terrorist-like behavior / Gregg Barak; title: Part two: Methodological issues in terrorism research; title: How does studying terrorism compare to studying crime? / Gary LaFree and Laura Dugan; title: Terrorism and empirical testing: using indictment data to assess changes in terrorist conduct / Kelly R. Damphousse and Brent L. Smith; title: Counteracting terror: group design and response modalities / Michael J. Thomas; title: Terrorism and the federal social science research agenda / Margaret A. Zahn and Kevin J. Strom; title: Part three: Counter-terrorism, ideology, and security; title: Neoconservativism and American counter-terrorism: endarkened policy? / Willem de Lint; title: Right-wing ideology, terrorism, and the false promise of security / Bonnie Berry; title: Part four: The construction and reality of terrorism; title: Speaking of evil and terrorism: the political and ideological construction of a moral panic; title: Victor E. Kappeler and Aaron E. Kappeler; title: The challenge of terrorism to free socieities in the global village / Paul Leighton.