Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

Criminological Perspectives

Mathieu Deflem

Emerald

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9780762310401

05 April 2004

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Conferences, lectures, funding opportunities, and publications now all fully embrace terrorism and counter-terrorism as topics worthy of serious reflection and investigation among criminologists. The papers in this volume 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 of this title 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; terrorism and punishment; and, other issues. The specific criminological orientation of the book makes this volume stand out among others. Bringing together distinguished scholars to present these various themes, the volume hopes to bring a comprehensive and insightful state-of-the-art overview of terrorism and counter-terrorism as themes of criminological reflection.

INTRODUCTION: TOWARDS A CRIMINOLOGICAL SOCIOLOGY OF TERRORISM AND COUNTER-TERRORISM [online copy] Mathieu Deflem PART I - THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE CRIMINOLOGY OF TERRORISM TERRORISM AS SOCIAL CONTROL Donald Black TERRORISM AND CRIMINOLOGY Richard Rosenfeld A RECIPROCAL APPROACH TO TERRORISM AND TERRORIST-LIKE BEHAVIOR Gregg Barak PART II - METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN TERRORISM RESEARCH HOW DOES STUDYING TERRORISM COMPARE TO STUDYING CRIME? Gary LaFree and Laura Dugan TERRORISM AND EMPIRICAL TESTING: USING INDICTMENT DATA TO ASSESS CHANGES IN TERRORIST CONDUCT Kelly Damphousse and Brent Smith COUNTERACTING TERROR: GROUP DESIGN AND RESPONSE MODALITIES Michael Thomas TERRORISM AND THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AGENDA Margaret A. Zahn and Kevin J. Strom PART III - COUNTER-TERRORISM, IDEOLOGY, AND SECURITY NEOCONSERVATIVISM AND AMERICAN COUNTER-TERRORISM: ENDARKENED POLICY? Willem de Lint RIGHT-WING IDEOLOGY, TERRORISM, AND THE FALSE PROMISE OF SECURITY Bonnie Berry PART IV - THE CONSTRUCTION AND REALITY OF TERRORISM SPEAKING OF EVIL AND TERRORISM: THE POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTION OF A MORAL PANIC Victor Kappeler and Aaron E. Kappeler THE CHALLENGE OF TERRORISM TO FREE SOCIETIES IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE Paul Leighton