Understanding Terrorism - Softcover

Poland, James M; Poland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0139361138 ISBN 13: 9780139361135

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1988

Synopsis

UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM: GROUPS, STRATEGIES, AND RESPONSES, 3/e is fully updated and brings together today’s most crucial lessons and discoveries for analyzing terrorism and terrorist strategies, and defining effective countermeasures. It brings together both theory and practice, helping students realistically assess threats; understand terrorist acts and their impact; and examine police and governmental responses. This Third Edition reflects today’s latest trends, including an escalation of suicide bombings, increased terrorist sophistication, the decline in state-sponsored terrorism, terrorist resistance in Iraq, and the evolution of antiterrorism legislation. It also presents new coverage of hardening targets, anti-terrorism technology, and international cooperation.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Understanding Terrorism: Groups, Strategies, and Responses, Third Edition is written for criminal justice and social science students, professionals in the criminal justice system, and any reader wishing to gain more information on the phenomenon of "terrorism." This book explores the various analytical approaches to the study of terrorism: identifying terrorist groups, reviewing terrorist tactics, and examining police and governmental responses to reduce or control the incidence of terrorism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0139361138
• ISBN 13: 9780139361135
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288