03814oam 2200553 450 991082758690332120190911103513.00-429-25474-11-4665-8820-910.1201/b16254 (OCoLC)864551217(MiFhGG)GVRL8QCI(EXLCZ)99267000000039502820130620h20142014 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrExamining political violence studies of terrorism, counterterrorism, and internal war /edited by David Lowe, Austin Turk, Dilip K. DasBoca Raton :CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,[2014]�20141 online resource (xxx, 364 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.1-4665-8821-7 Includes bibliographical references.Front Cover; Contents; IPES Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Editors; The Contributors; Chapter 1: Defining Terrorism: Is One Man's Terrorist Another Man's Freedom Fighter?; Chapter 2: Radicalization of Terrorist Causes: The 32CSM/IRA Threat to U.K. Security; Chapter 3: Policing International Terrorism: Options; Chapter 4: Toward a Common Profile of Religious Terrorism: Some Psychosocial Determinants of Christian and Islamic Terrorists; Chapter 5: Meeting the Terrorist Threat: The Localization of Counterterrorism IntelligenceChapter 6: The Need for a Coordinated and Strategic Local Police Approach to Terrorism: A Practitioner's PerspectiveChapter 7: Local Preparedness for Terrorism: A View from Law Enforcement; Chapter 8: Policing and Networks in the Field of Counterterrorism1; Chapter 9: Policing Terrorism: A Threat to Community Policing or Just a Shift in Priorities?; Chapter 10: Community Policing in Post-September 11 America: A Comment on the Concept of Community-Oriented Counterterrorism; Chapter 11: Terrorism Old and New: Counterterrorism in Canada1,2Chapter 12: The Use of Informants in Counterterrorism Operations: Lessons from Northern IrelandChapter 13: Defeating Terrorism: A Study of Operational Strategy and Tactics of Police Forces in Jammu and Kashmir (India); Chapter 14: Sri Lankan Terrorism: Assessing and Responding to the Threat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE); Chapter 15: Targeting Blue: Why We Should Study Terrorist Attacks on Police; Chapter 16: Policing Political Violence in Australia; Concluding Observations; International Police Executive Symposium (IPES); Back CoverSecurity is undermined worldwide from political dissident activity and acts of terrorism targeted at innocent victims with no relation to the offenders. This political violence and terrorism plagues all continents and does not originate solely from jihadist groups. With a view towards developing more effective measures of prevention and resolution, Examining Political Violence: Studies of Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Internal War examines political violence in various national and international settings. A collection of works, some previously published as articles in the journalTerrorismTerrorismPreventionPolicePolitical violenceTerrorism.TerrorismPrevention.Police.Political violence.363.325Lowe David(Lecturer on policing),Turk Austin T.1934-Das Dilip K.1941-MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910827586903321Examining political violence3956550UNINA