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Homegrown: The New Age of Terrorism provides students with a concise and accessible introduction to modern-day terrorism related to the motivations, tactics, and strategies of domestic acts of terror.

The text is organized into eight chapters. The opening chapters introduce contemporary terrorism and extremism as it exists in the United States. A special emphasis is placed on the radicalization process that leads to extremist ideologies and the differences between random and tactical terror activities. Additional chapters cover terrorist organizations and their ideologies,...

The Gang Life: Laugh Now, Cry Later examines the criminal gangster mindset and offers gang prevention strategies, using real-world examples to demonstrate a holistic approach toward combatting this surging societal problem. The text outlines the evolution of gang membership from a state of interest, to association, to hardcore "O.G." (Original Gangster) status, and explores the evolution of law enforcement’s multi-pronged approach to combating criminal street gang violence, from the catch-and-release mentality of the 1970s and 1980s to today’s collaboration with private organizations such...

Developed by a nationally awarded educator and gang investigators, this approaches the topic from the criminal gangster mindset with a holistic approach toward predictive gang prevention. It follows the development of a gang member from the beginning. It is augmented by three (or more) examples of how law enforcement has evolved from creating gang units and Violent Crime Task Forces to understanding the need for documenting and tracking gang activity. This is essential information for both the academic and professional markets.