This comprehensive and completely up-to-date book provides a straightforward introduction to terrorism that helps readers better understand this complex subject. The book identifies terrorist groups, reviews terrorist tactics, and examines police and government responses to reduce or eliminate the incidence of terrorism. Fully updated to include coverage of Al Qaeda, suicide bombers, specific threats posed by weapons of mass destruction, and the latest counter-terrorism strategies, Understanding Terrorism: Groups, Strategies and Responses 2e brings together the latest scholarship and coverage of the latest world events to bring you the most complete and most current introduction to terrorism book currently available. Reaches a broad audience from the criminal justice professional to the vigilant civilian.

Understanding Terrorism: Groups, Strategies, and Responses

Poland, James M.

Criminal Law

Pearson College Div

UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM: GROUPS, STRATEGIES, AND RESPONSES, 3/e is fully updated and brings together today’s most crucial lessons and discoveries for analyzing terrorism and terrorist strategies, and defining effective countermeasures. It brings together both theory and practice, helping students realistically assess threats; understand terrorist acts and their impact; and examine police and governmental responses. This Third Edition reflects today’s latest trends, including an escalation of suicide bombings, increased terrorist sophistication, the decline in state-sponsored terrorism, terrorist resistance in Iraq, and the evolution of antiterrorism legislation. It also presents new coverage of hardening targets, anti-terrorism technology, and international cooperation.

Understanding Terrorism: Groups, Strategies, and Responses (3rd Edition)

Pearson

UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM: GROUPS, STRATEGIES, AND RESPONSES, 3/e is fully updated and brings together today’s most crucial lessons and discoveries for analyzing terrorism and terrorist strategies, and defining effective countermeasures. It brings together both theory and practice, helping students realistically assess threats; understand terrorist acts and their impact; and examine police and governmental responses. This Third Edition reflects today’s latest trends, including an escalation of suicide bombings, increased terrorist sophistication, the decline in state-sponsored terrorism, terrorist resistance in Iraq, and the evolution of antiterrorism legislation. It also presents new coverage of hardening targets, anti-terrorism technology, and international cooperation.

Understanding Terrorism

Politics & Social Sciences

Poland

Social Sciences

PRENTICE/HALL

Details appropriate response to a variety of hostage-taking incidents, concentrating on negotiations and rescue attempts. Gives explicit proposals for training hostage negotiators, and presents detailed case studies of real incidents. Gives suggestions for the news media to follow in reporting these events, and covers the role the courts should play during and after hostage-taking crises. Includes chapter summaries, objectives, and discussion questions. The authors teach criminal justice at California State University-Sacramento, and are veterans of various police and tactical squads. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Practical, Tactical and Legal Perspectives of Terrorism and Hostage-Taking (Criminology Studies)

McCrystle, Michael J.

Edwin Mellen Pr

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