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Book SynopsisThese papers bring out the distinct contribution criminologists and criminological sociologists have to offer in the study of counter-terrorism from theoretical, methodological, and substantive viewpoints. It looks at terrorism in relation to hate crimes, state crimes, civil liberties, punishment, transnation crime and the international court.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: 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
