Bioviolence: Preventing Biological Terror and Crime - Softcover

Kellman, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521709695 ISBN 13: 9780521709699

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Bioviolence is the ultimate act of terror. The dangers are speedily accelerating, and too little is being done to prevent it. This book describes how diseases such as smallpox, anthrax, or ebola might be used for hostile purposes. It portrays developers of disease weapons and who may have them now, including rogue States and groups such as Al-Qaeda. It formulates a strategy for law enforcers, scientists, and public health officials to prevent intentional disease. Nations and international organizations, especially the United Nations, must coordinate their efforts to improve humanity's security. Altogether the threat of bioviolence is an acute challenge for law and governance. This book explains how to meet that challenge.

About this title

Book Description:

This book explains the danger facing every human being: how diseases such as smallpox, anthrax, or ebola could be used for hostile purposes. It portrays who has developed disease weapons and who may have them now. The book discusses a strategy for preventing international disease that calls on all nations, scientists, law enforcers, and public health officials to coordinate efforts and suggests how the United Nations might become actively engaged. Altogether, it provides an intricate blueprint for today's decision makers and concerned citizens to improve humanity's security.

About the Author:

Barry Kellman teaches international law and is Director of the International Weapons Control Center at DePaul University College of Law. He is also Special Advisor to the Interpol Program on Prevention of Bio-Crimes and senior chair of the American Bar Association Committee on International Law and Security. Professor Kellman's work focuses on biological terrorism. He served on the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Research Standards and Practices To Prevent the Destructive Application of Biotechnology (2003). He was Legal Adviser to the National Commission on Terrorism and was later commissioned by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) to draft Managing Terrorism's Consequences that reviews legal authorities responding to terror activity in the United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521709695
• ISBN 13: 9780521709699
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392