Terrorism, crime, and public policy /

Terrorism, crime, and public policy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Forst, Brian.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiv, 495 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Terrorism. Terrorism -- Prevention. Terrorism. Terrorism -- Prevention.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814694

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ISBN:	9780511650208 0511650205 0511454589 9780511454585 0511455615 9780511455612 9780511816314 0511816316 0511568851 9780511568855 9780521859240 0521859247 9780521676427 0521676428 0511646119 9780511646119 9786612390562 6612390565 1282390562 9781282390560
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-477) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This textbook is a reference on current questions and topics about terrorism.
Other form:	Print version: Forst, Brian. Terrorism, crime, and public policy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521859240
Standard no.:	X8787883

Table of Contents:

The nature of terrorism
Theories of aggression and terrorism
A brief history of terrorism
Two trajectories of humankind : globalization or clash?
Religion, the state and terrorism
Nonreligious extremism and terrorism
Technology and terrorism
Terrorism throughout the world
Responses to terrorism
Fear of terrorism
Preventing terrorism : short-term approaches
Preventing terrorism : long-term strategies
Balancing security and rights to liberty and privacy
Toward a safer and saner 21st century.