Brian Blakemore

Extremism, Counter-terrorism and Policing

Herausgeber: Awan, Imran

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Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together a diverse range of multidisciplinary studies on policing violent extremism and terrorism, written by experts in the field. These studies provide a detailed understanding of government policy and methods on tackling extremism from a policing and community level and explore the historical development, the present situation and future trends in this area. The book offers an important contribution to academic and policy debate surrounding extremism, its causes, and treatments and is of interest to policing professionals, policy-makers and academics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781409453215
• ISBN-10: 1409453219
• Artikelnr.: 45374661

Autorenporträt

Imran Awan, Birmingham City University, UK and Brian Blakemore, University of Glamorgan, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
List of Contributors
Introduction
1 Extremism
Radicalisation and Terrorism
2 Policing Extremism within a Counter-Terrorism Context
3 Combating Extremism through Community Policing
4 Psychology of Extremism
5 International Strategies for Preventing Extremism and Terrorism
6 Extremist Groups and Organisations
7 An Identity Crisis: Creating Extreme Identities in and Era of Counter-Terrorism
8 Countering Global Extremism
9 Trends and the Postmodernist Extremist
10 Extremism
Counter-Terrorism and Policing
Index