The Economics of Violence: How Behavioral Science Can Transform Our View of Crime, Insurgency, and Terrorism

ISBN-13: 9781107465756 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

Gary Shiffman

Opis

An accessible and provocative read for anyone interested in crime, insurgency, and terrorism, this book provides a simple way to understand the complexities of violence for students, researchers and national security professionals, and will enable current and future leaders to better reform the institutions that keep us safe.

Recenzje

'The Economics of Violence: How Behavioral Science Can Transform our View of Crime, Insurgency, and Terrorism is a model of meticulous scholarship that is expertly organized and effectively presented. An impressively informative contribution to our on-going national dialogue, especially given the dramatic impact that the pandemic is having on both the American and the Global economies … It should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, governmental policy makers, and non- specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that …' James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Violence; 2. The human condition; 3. Organized crime; 4. Insurgency; 5. Terrorism; 6. The rise of the Islamic State in al Qaeda's market; 7. Conclusions and prescriptions.