Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Criminological Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780762310401 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 228 str.

Mathieu Deflem

Opis

The contributions in this volume focus on the ways in which criminologists study terrorism and counter-terrorism. Generally, terrorism has not been central in criminology, but since the events of September 11, terrorism has suddenly and resolutely moved center stage in criminological debates. The papers in this book bring out the distinct contribution criminologists and criminological sociologists have to offer in the study of (counter-) terrorism from theoretical, methodological, and substantive viewpoints. The discussions include a usefully broad variety of themes, including conceptual and theoretical perspectives in the criminology of terrorism; hate crimes and terrorism; civil liberties and the control of terrorism; terrorism, war and crime; state crime and terrorism; terrorism and transnational crime; the police dimensions of counter-terrorism; terrorism and the (international) court; and terrorism and punishment.