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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824870003321

Titolo

Lone actors : an emerging security threat / / edited by Aaron Richman and Yair Sharan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : IOS Press, , 2015

Fairfax, Virginia : , : IOS Press, Inc., , [date of distribution not identified]

©2015

ISBN

1-61499-585-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

NATO science for peace and security series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics, , 1879-8268 ; ; Volume 123

Disciplina

363.32

Soggetti

Terrorism

Terrorism - Prevention

Terrorists

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Introduction; About the Editors; Contents; The Threat of Lone Actors' Terrorism; Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat; The Terror Next Door: A Security Analysis of the Escalating Threat of Lone Wolf Terrorists; Gen-T. Terrorist Infosphere and i-Volution of Lone Wolf Terrorism; Biological and Chemical Agents in the Hands of Lone Actors - A Different View; Lone Operator Cyberterrorism from the Perspective of a Hacker; Case Studies; Major Nisan Malik Hasan, Terrorist or Criminal?

The Radicalization of American Lone Wolves in Real/Reel Worlds: Strategically Mapping the Role of the Internet, and Beyond, in the Cases of Colleen LaRose (Jihad Jane) and the Tsarnaev Brothers (the Boston Marathon Bombers)Countering and Responding to the Threat; Comparative Analysis of Counterinsurgency Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: New Foresight Approaches to Counterinsurgency Operations with Special Focus on Lone Wolf Terrorism; Center for Radicalization Prevention: A Model of Government Response to "Lone-Wolf" Terrorist Assaults; Medical Response to Lone Actor Incidents

Lone Actors: Challenges and Opportunities for Countering Violent ExtremismThe War on Islamism; Legal and Ethical Aspects; Lone Actors



- Ethical and Legal Considerations; Legal Responses to Lone Wolf Terrorism; Foresight and Policy Aspects; European Union's Counter-Terrorism Policy and the Problem of Lone Actors; A Lone Wolf Visionario in the American Midwest; The Need for Integrated Municipal Planning for Rail Security the Jerusalem Light Rail Project; Possible Evolution of Lone Wolf and SIMAD Terrorism

Lone Wolves and Black Sheep in the Modern Urban Jungle - Loneliness as a Source for Terror Threats in Modern CitiesSubject Index; Author Index