It can take the form of a Molotov Cocktail or a Suicide Bomber detonating within a crowd. It can be a sophisticated electronic explosive device or a bomb in a shoe. Today s terrorism threats, and their constant assault on global security continues to be a menace of great concern.

Providing a hands-on look inside the ugly, blood-stained world of global terrorism, Introduction to Terrorism covers the evolution of terrorism, its growing sophistication, and its cynical indifference to human life. It begins by covering the history of terrorism and showing how the...

A detailed examination of corrections in the United States, this book covers how the corrections system developed and changing philosophies that provide the ideological basis to run the jails and prisons. It reviews new developments in correctional treatments and how the system currently works. The authors discuss diverse topics such as concept and application of punishment as well as victimization and institutionalization. They also explore the functions of corrections and the roles of those who serve in the profession.