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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787418503321

Titolo

Investigating terrorism : current political, legal, and psychological issues / / edited by John Pearse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

�2015

ISBN

1-119-99415-2

1-118-31627-4

1-118-31625-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages)

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Disciplina

363.325

Soggetti

Terrorism - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Terrorism investigation - Great Britain

Terrorism - Political aspects - Great Britain

Terrorism - Great Britain - Psychological aspects

Suicide bombers

Domestic terrorism - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Impact and consequences of terrorist legislation in the UK since 2001: a review / Lord carlile of Berriew QC and Carys Owen -- Investigating terrorism in the first decade of 21st century : a different sort of crime / Peter Clarke --  Challenge, compromise, and collaboration : part of the skill set necessary for interviewing a failed suicide bomber / John Pearse -- Urgent interviews and the concept of oppression in terrorist cases / Max Hill QC -- Defence counsel in terrorism trials / Peter Carter QC -- An garda síochána model of investigative interviewing of witnesses and suspects / Geraldine Noone -- Risk assessment of terrorist offenders : a challenge too far? / Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Aadrian West, and Amy McKee -- Hostage negotiation and communication skills in a terrorist environment / Simon Wells -- Understanding suicide terrorism : insights from psychology, lessons from history / Andrew



Silke -- Taking Anders Breivik seriously as a political terrorist / Robert Lambert -- Social psychology and the investigation of terrorism / Karl Roberts -- Community surveillance and terrorism / Clive Walker and Simon McKay -- Thinking about peace whilst engaged in counter terrorism : the primacy of intelligence / John G.D. Grieve.

Sommario/riassunto

Investigating Terrorism takes a look behind the closed doors of terrorist cases. Major players from the world of counter-terrorism, including politicians, lawyers, psychologists and police, offer analyses of recent terror attacks and share their knowledge of terrorist behaviour   Deals with legal, psychological and practical issues surrounding how to deal with a real life 'ticking bomb' scenario Provides an insight into the most recent police model for interviewing witnesses, victims and suspects Contains the latest analyses of recent terrorist attacks including the recent Norwegian