G LaFree

Gebundenes Buch

The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism

Beschreibung

The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism features a collection of essays that represent the most recent criminological research relating to the origins and evolution of, along with responses to, terrorism, from a criminological perspective.
_ Offers an authoritative overview of the latest criminological research into the causes of and responses to terrorism in today's world
_ Covers broad themes that include terrorism's origins, theories, methodologies, types, relationship to other forms of crime, terrorism and the criminal justice system, ways to counter terrorism, and more
_ Features original contributions from a group of international experts in the field
_ Provides unique insights into the field through an exclusive focus on criminological conceptual frameworks and empirical studies that engage terrorism and responses to it

Autor

Gary LaFree is Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and a Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. His most recent book (with Laura Dugan and Erin Miller) is Putting Terrorism in Context (2015). Joshua D. Freilich is a member of the Criminal Justice Department and the Criminal Justice PhD Program at John Jay College. He is the Creator and co-Director of the United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), an open source relational database of violent and financial crimes committed by political extremists in the U.S.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Handbooks in Criminology
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A118923950
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1088g
• ISBN-13: 9781118923955
• ISBN-10: 1118923952
• Artikelnr.: 45080294