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Book SynopsisThis Element is an interdisciplinary analysis of the language evidence produced before, during and following a lone-actor terrorism attack in Halle, Germany, on October 9, 2019, resulting in two casualties. During his final preparations, the perpetrator, twenty-seven-year-old Stephan Balliet, announced his attack online and disseminated a targeted violence manifesto shortly before live-streaming his violent act. This post-hoc investigation introduces a multi-method approach that synchronizes well-established qualitative methodologies for forensic text analysis ? genre, text linguistics, appraisal and uptake ? to elucidate these data types. Furthermore, a retroactive threat assessment based on language data from the trial transcripts provides a holistic review of the assailant''s background, red flags, triggering events and warning behaviors that could have signaled his movements along the pathway to violence. The results are considered in an organizational context to highlight current challenges faced by security agencies when mitigating the risk of lone-actors who radicalize in online environments.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“In a fascinating new book...the journalist Mark Follman makes the case that despite our intractable political and cultural differences, mass shootings don’t have to be inevitable.” — New York Times "An engrossing and surprisingly hopeful look at the field of behavioral threat assessment and how it is being used to prevent mass shootings...an optimistic take on one of America’s most distressing problems." — Publishers Weekly “A strong argument for a more proactive approach to the American pandemic of bullets.” — Kirkus Reviews “With the politics of gun control forever gridlocked, we seem powerless to halt the sinister American ritual of mass shootings. But Mark Follman offers us remarkable hope: Stopping would-be shooters before they strike, it turns out, isn’t just possible, it’s happening with regularity. This fascinating deep dive into averted shootings and the true nature of these attacks is an urgent read that illuminates real possibility for change.” — John Carreyrou, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Blood “If there’s any way of stopping the plague of mass shootings in America, it will be due to the imaginative efforts of the professionals Follman profiles in this valuable book. Filled with investigative insights, Trigger Points is a gripping narrative of major tragedies and others prevented.” — Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, Going Clear, and The Plague Year “Extraordinary and captivating…with his deep research and analysis and artful prose, Follman compels us to get past our political stalemate on gun violence. We get to know experts who are revolutionizing the work of behavioral threat detection, courageous shooting survivors who are helping them, and the truth about what leads so many perpetrators down a “pathway to violence.” It’s an epic story and an absolute must for all who want to know how we can make our nation safer." — Juliette Kayyem, Chair of the Homeland Security Project at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and former Assistant Secretary of DHS “Mark Follman's Trigger Points exposes America's long misunderstood mass shootings and how a generation of failed policies have made these recurring disasters “everyone's problem,” as he writes. In this wide-ranging and compelling account, he makes sense of what we too often explain away as "senseless tragedies," revealing the many missed warning signs and opportunities to intervene. Elegiac and eye-opening—but even more so nonpartisan and hopeful—this book is a vital contribution to understanding how we can seek real answers that save lives.” — Garrett Graff, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky “[An] important and incisive new book.” — David Grann, author of The Wager and Killers of the Flower Moon “Important work on a subject that couldn’t be more timely.” — Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post media columnist and author

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Book Synopsis* Provides a review of key developments in armed responsepolicing around the world * Describes the crucial phases in armed response policydevelopment in Britain and explores the consequences of arming thepolice * Reflects upon the issues arising when police action goes badlywrong.Table of ContentsPreface. About the Authors. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. 1. Introduction: The Hardest Job in Policing? Shots Around theWorld. Controversy. Changes, Mistakes and Learning in Police Circles. Contexts, Command, Frequencies and Victims. Structure and Contents. Timeline on PoliceWeapons and Firearms. 2. The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes and 'Operation Kratos'. Stockwell, 22 July. Briefing and Kratos. 3. Old Myths and Changing Realities. DiscoursesWithin and About Policing. Tooling Up? Driving out the Dixon Myth. New Problems and 'Exceptional' Measures. 4. Shootings, Policy Shifts and Competing Pressures. Continuing Official Caution. Hungerford. Tragedy and Farce. After Hungerford. 'Event Driven' or 'Gun Driven'. Shooting to Kill? Men, Guns and Ammo. Replica Arguments and ReplicaWeapons. 5. Police Politics and Morale. Hanging, Shooting and Opinion Polling. Click by Click? The 'Greatest British Defeat since Dunkirk'. New Frontiers and Supply Side Questions. The Most Important Decision for the Future of British Policing - Since Last Year. War and Order: The New Continuum of Force. The Dunblane Primary School Massacre and its Aftermath. 6. Policing in a 'Gun Culture'? Policing of Guns and Policing with Guns. Unpacking the Notion of a 'Gun Culture'. Guns and Gangs. Gang Studies and 'Cultures of Violence'. Policing and Enforcement Action in 'Gangland'. Gun Crime Hotspots and 'Problem-oriented Policing'. Operation Ceasefire. Bringing It All Back Home: 'Gunchester'. Policing of Guns, Policing with Guns. 7. Intelligence Dilemmas, Armed Response Policy and Research. Gang Culture and the 'Trident Model'. From Reactive to Proactive. Intelligence-led Dilemmas. Research on Recent Police Shootings. 8. Critical Case Studies of Selected Police-involved Shooting Incidents. The Shooting of James Ashley in Hastings, 1998. The Shooting of Harry Stanley, 1999. The Shooting of Andrew Kernan, 2001. Caution at Highmoor Cross, 2004. Ambush at Chandler's Ford, 2007. 9. Concluding Themes: Losing by Appearing toWin? Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn authoritative and in-depth treatment of the latest research into the criminal careers of sex offenders, providing background and investigating the policies used to combat one of society's most intractable public issues. Features chapters based on original research from the most prominent scholars in the field of sex offender and criminal career research Deals with the entire criminal careers of sex offenders from youth to adulthood Illustrates the significance of the criminal career approach for theory, treatment, research, and policy regarding sex offenders Covers a wider breadth of topics than existing texts and uses data from various studies and countries, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Netherlands Features an introductory chapter charting the origins of the criminal career perspective as well as the history of sex offender research, pinpointing the most important research questions and current debates in Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Forewords xvii Preface xxi Acknowledgements xxv Part I Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in the Study of Sex Offending 1 1 The Criminal Career Paradigm and Its Relevance to Studying Sex Offenders 3Arjan Blokland & Patrick Lussier 2 Criminal Career Features in Theories of Sexual Offending 23Jo Thakker & Tony Ward 3 An Integrated Life]Course Developmental Theory of Sexual Offending 43Stephen Smallbone & Jesse Cale Part II Criminal Career Patterns of Sex Offenders and Associated Issues 71 4 Criminal Careers for Different Juvenile Sex Offender Subgroups 73Jan Hendriks, Chantal van den Berg, & Catrien Bijleveld 5 The Childhood Risk Factors of Adolescent]Onset and Adult]Onset of Sex Offending: Evidence From a Prospective Longitudinal Study 93Patrick Lussier, Arjan Blokland, Jeff Mathesius, Dustin Pardini, & Rolf Loeber 6 Assessing the Continuity of Sex Offending Over the Life Course: Evidence From Two Large Birth Cohort Studies 129Wesley G. Jennings, Alex R. Piquero, Franklin E. Zimring, & Jennifer M. Reingle 7 Antisocial Trajectories in Youth and the Onset of Adult Criminal Careers in Sexual Offenders of Children and Women 143Jesse Cale 8 Offending Patterns Over Time: An Examination of Specialization, Escalation, and De]escalation in the Commission of Sexual Offenses 171Benoit Leclerc, Patrick Lussier, & Nadine Deslauriers]Varin 9 Criminal Career Features of Female Sexual Offenders 199Miriam Wijkman & Catrien Bijleveld 10 Mayhem by Occupation: On the Relevance of Criminal Careers to Sexual Homicide Offenders 219Matt DeLisi 11 Changing Prevalence of Sex Offender Convictions: Disentangling Age, Period, and Cohort Effects Over Time 231Brian Francis, Claire Hargreaves, & Keith Soothill 12 Life]Course Transitions and Desistance in Sex Offenders: An Event History Analysis 257Arjan Blokland & Victor van der Geest 13 Offending Trajectory and Residual Offending of Adult Sex Offenders: A Person]Oriented Approach to Risk Prediction 289Patrick Lussier & Garth Davies 14 The Concentration of Sex Offenses in British and Dutch Families 321Steve van de Weijer, Sytske Besemer, Catrien Bijleveld, & Arjan Blokland Part III The Criminal Career Approach and Associated Policy Issues 349 15 Estimating the Size of the Sexual Aggressor Population 351Martin Bouchard & Patrick Lussier 16 Potential for Redemption for Sex Offenders 373Kiminori Nakamura & Alfred Blumstein 17 Policing Sex Offenders, Past and Present: The Role and Importance of a Criminal Career Approach in Helping Shape Future Policies 405Patrick Lussier & Arjan Blokland Index 429

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Book SynopsisAn authoritative and in-depth treatment of the latest research into the criminal careers of sex offenders, providing background and investigating the policies used to combat one of society's most intractable public issues. Features chapters based on original research from the most prominent scholars in the field of sex offender and criminal career research Deals with the entire criminal careers of sex offenders from youth to adulthood Illustrates the significance of the criminal career approach for theory, treatment, research, and policy regarding sex offenders Covers a wider breadth of topics than existing texts and uses data from various studies and countries, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Netherlands Features an introductory chapter charting the origins of the criminal career perspective as well as the history of sex offender research, pinpointing the most important research questions and current debates in Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Forewords xvii Preface xxi Acknowledgements xxv Part I Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in the Study of Sex Offending 1 1 The Criminal Career Paradigm and Its Relevance to Studying Sex Offenders 3Arjan Blokland & Patrick Lussier 2 Criminal Career Features in Theories of Sexual Offending 23Jo Thakker & Tony Ward 3 An Integrated Life]Course Developmental Theory of Sexual Offending 43Stephen Smallbone & Jesse Cale Part II Criminal Career Patterns of Sex Offenders and Associated Issues 71 4 Criminal Careers for Different Juvenile Sex Offender Subgroups 73Jan Hendriks, Chantal van den Berg, & Catrien Bijleveld 5 The Childhood Risk Factors of Adolescent]Onset and Adult]Onset of Sex Offending: Evidence From a Prospective Longitudinal Study 93Patrick Lussier, Arjan Blokland, Jeff Mathesius, Dustin Pardini, & Rolf Loeber 6 Assessing the Continuity of Sex Offending Over the Life Course: Evidence From Two Large Birth Cohort Studies 129Wesley G. Jennings, Alex R. Piquero, Franklin E. Zimring, & Jennifer M. Reingle 7 Antisocial Trajectories in Youth and the Onset of Adult Criminal Careers in Sexual Offenders of Children and Women 143Jesse Cale 8 Offending Patterns Over Time: An Examination of Specialization, Escalation, and De]escalation in the Commission of Sexual Offenses 171Benoit Leclerc, Patrick Lussier, & Nadine Deslauriers]Varin 9 Criminal Career Features of Female Sexual Offenders 199Miriam Wijkman & Catrien Bijleveld 10 Mayhem by Occupation: On the Relevance of Criminal Careers to Sexual Homicide Offenders 219Matt DeLisi 11 Changing Prevalence of Sex Offender Convictions: Disentangling Age, Period, and Cohort Effects Over Time 231Brian Francis, Claire Hargreaves, & Keith Soothill 12 Life]Course Transitions and Desistance in Sex Offenders: An Event History Analysis 257Arjan Blokland & Victor van der Geest 13 Offending Trajectory and Residual Offending of Adult Sex Offenders: A Person]Oriented Approach to Risk Prediction 289Patrick Lussier & Garth Davies 14 The Concentration of Sex Offenses in British and Dutch Families 321Steve van de Weijer, Sytske Besemer, Catrien Bijleveld, & Arjan Blokland Part III The Criminal Career Approach and Associated Policy Issues 349 15 Estimating the Size of the Sexual Aggressor Population 351Martin Bouchard & Patrick Lussier 16 Potential for Redemption for Sex Offenders 373Kiminori Nakamura & Alfred Blumstein 17 Policing Sex Offenders, Past and Present: The Role and Importance of a Criminal Career Approach in Helping Shape Future Policies 405Patrick Lussier & Arjan Blokland Index 429

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Book SynopsisINVESTIGATING TERRORISM How can we be more effective in bringing terrorists to justice in ways that uphold our legal traditions? This book provides crucial clues drawn from highly experienced prosecution and defence lawyers, detectives, security experts and forensic psychologists. I highly recommend it for all who want to understand and respond to the serious threat from jihadist terrorism over the years to come.' Professor Sir David Omand, former UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, Permanent Secretary of the Home Office and Director GCHQ Edited and written by experts in their fields and with a plethora of experience, the authors know what they are talking about. This book is a must for those who need to know, those who are interested to know, and those who think they know it all already.' Susan Young, Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology, Broadmoor Hospital, West London Mental Health Trust Investigating Terrorism tTable of ContentsAbout the Editor ix About the Contributors x Introduction 1 Part I Political, Legal and Policing Context 9 1 The Impact and Consequences of Terrorist Legislation in the United Kingdom Since 2001: A Review 11 Lord Carlile of Berriew, QC, and Carys Owen 2 Investigating Terrorism in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century: A Different Sort of Crime 31 Peter Clarke Part II the Criminal Justice Process 43 3 Challenge, Compromise and Collaboration: Part of the Skill Set Necessary for Interviewing a Failed Suicide Bomber 45 John Pearse 4 Urgent Interviews and the Concept of Oppression in Terrorist Cases 66 Max Hill, QC 5 Defence Counsel in Terrorism Trials 80 Peter Carter, QC 6 An Garda Síochána Model of Investigative Interviewing of Witnesses and Suspects 100 Geraldine Noone 7 Risk Assessment of Terrorist Offenders: A Challenge Too Far? 123 Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Adrian West and Amy McKee 8 Hostage Negotiation and Communication Skills in a Terrorist Environment 144 Simon Wells Part III Individual and Group Perspectives 167 9 Understanding Suicide Terrorism: Insights from Psychology, Lessons from History 169 Andrew Silke 10 Taking Anders Breivik Seriously as a Political Terrorist 180 Robert Lambert 11 Social Psychology and the Investigation of Terrorism 202 Karl Roberts 12 Community Surveillance and Terrorism 214 CliveWalkerandSimonMcKay 13 Thinking about Peace While Engaged in Counter-Terrorism: The Primacy of Intelligence 239 John G. D. Grieve Index 259

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Book SynopsisAny murder causes pain and suffering that ripple through families and communities—of both the victims and the perpetrators—but premeditated murders cause the worst kind of damage. The Allure of Premeditated Murder is about the worst kinds of premeditated homicide in which the perpetrator plans an attack over a period of days, weeks, or months, leaving behind massive carnage and unspeakable suffering. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with murderers, sociologists Jack Levin and Julie B. Wiest help readers understand why such vicious murders occur and what we can do to minimize their incidence. Throughout the book, they examine why people engage in acts of premeditated murder—planning and implementing terrible violence against others—from the perpetrator’s viewpoint. By juxtaposing the motivations for these hideous homicides against everyday social circumstances, these often-baffling crimes are explained in an easy-to-understand manner that paves the way for promising solutions. In the process of examining the characteristics of premeditated murder, the book also addresses those questions that are commonly asked about this kind of violent crime but usually unanswered. How could a killer have enjoyed his murderous rampage when he committed suicide right afterward? Why do sadistic killers sometimes regard their murders as great accomplishments? What can be done to effectively reduce the likelihood of this kind of homicide? As violence remains such a prominent and troubling topic nationwide, The Allure of Premeditated Murder successfully explores the reasons behind the worst violence as well as the most promising solutions.Trade ReviewThis is, by far, one of the most comprehensive and well-researched scholarly works I have come across in quite some time. It is clever, masterfully written, and even a bit risky. This book is a 'must' for anyone who is interested in the systematic study of murder, both experts and non-experts alike. Levin and Wiest cover a wealth of material that is sure to be an invaluable resource for homicide researchers, criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, and students. I highly recommend this book. -- Robert Worley, Associate Professor and Director of Criminal Justice, Lamar UniversityThe recent arrest of ex-policeman Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, of Sacramento, reputed to be a serial killer in the 1970s and 1980s, propels The Allure of Premeditated Murder into the spotlight as a very relevant book. This text includes meticulous research of a wide variety of murders, insights into the motives of the murderers, and most, importantly, how well planned they are over months if not years. This book is an outstanding resource for law enforcement, students, clinicians, and community leaders as gun violence, especially of strangers, becomes more of a reality in America. The lessons learned in this book will advance murder investigations as well as provide serious debate over prevention of such crimes. -- Ann Wolbert Burgess, Professor, Boston CollegeFocusing on the myriad of benefits killers derive from their crimes—benefits that outweigh the possible pains of punishment in the calculus of deterrence—Levin and Wiest offer a fascinating and unique look into the mindset of murderers. With a blend of criminological perspicacity and journalistic flair, they have produced a provocative and exceptionally readable addition to any library on violence. I, for one, shall keep this volume within reach on my bookshelf of favorites and often-cited works. -- James Alan Fox, PhD, The Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University; author of Violence and Security on Campus: From Pre-School through CollegeLevin and Wiest offer a fascinating argument that some mass murderers get more pleasure from planning their crimes than from actually committing them. If more people would realize this, maybe their violent fantasies would stay safely in their imaginations and no longer have such devastating consequences for the rest of us. -- Adam Lankford, Criminology Professor, The University of AlabamaIn their new book The Allure of Premeditated Murder, Jack Levin and Julie Wiest offer insight into the most insidious form of homicide, first degree murders where killers plan their violence in advance. These types of murders may seem more difficult to understand than emotion-driven crimes of passion, but Levin and Wiest reveal the many ways in which these crimes may be better understood by analyzing the viewpoints of the perpetrators themselves. By considering the roles of fantasy, thrill, power, greed, infamy, revenge, sadism, and hate in premeditated killing, this book is a major contribution to the literature on homicide. -- Eric Madfis, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Washington TacomaThe Allure of Premeditated Murder: Why Some People Plan to Kill offers a fascinating compendium history of serial killings and mass murders from the 1940’s to present day, many of which made national headlines. I was reminded of many of the events that received national attention and learned some details that revealed the potential reasons as to how & why such atrocities could occur. The authors not only provide summaries of these events and offer points of views from both the perpetrators and investigators, but they also offer opinions as to what solutions may and may not work to prevent the future development of serial killers and mass murderers. I recommend this book to all those involved in discussions and legislation on public safety issues. If it is true that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (George Santayana), it is essential that they consider the facts and opinions provided by these authors. -- Dennis Hilliard, Director RI State Crime Laboratory; Adjunct Professor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RILevin and Wiest provide a unique exploration of a subject that has dominated the public’s attention for years. The ample, detailed examples used to illustrate the motivations and contexts of different types of premeditated murder contribute significantly to our understanding of this relatively rare but greatly feared social problem. The authors deliver a candid discussion of both the strategies that are likely to be effective in reducing premeditated murder and those that are not. The book is a must read for homicide scholars, policy makers, and the general public. -- Wendy Regoeczi, Professor and Chair, Cleveland State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments The Most Hideous Homicides: An Introduction Chapter 1: Planning Is the Payoff Chapter 2: Going Out in a Blaze of Glory Chapter 3:The Thrill of the Hunt Chapter 4: Mind over Murder Chapter 5: Justice Is in the Weapon of the Beholder Chapter 6: Helping Yourself to Murder Chapter 7: Death for Dollars Chapter 8: Prevention: What Works and What Doesn’t Work Chapter 9: An Epidemic of Epidemic Thinking About the Authors

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