Format:
Online-Ressource (ix, 271 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814736963
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9780814736951
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0814736955
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9780814736968
Series Statement:
Alternative Criminology Series
Content:
Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. In Terrorism as Crime Mark S. Hamm presents an understanding of terrorism from a criminological point of view, arguing that the most successful way to understand, detect, prosecute and deter these acts is to use conventional criminal investigation methods. Whether in Oklahoma City or London, Terrorism as Crime demonstrates that criminal activity is the lifeblood of terrorist groups and that there are simple common denominators at work that can remove the mystery surrounding many of the
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-242) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Criminology of Terrorism; Part I. Global Crime and Terrorism; 1. Criminal Stupidity and the Age of Sacred Terrorism:The First World Trade Center Bombing; 2. Vulnerabilities of the Jihad-Prelude to 9/11:The U.S. Embassy Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania; Part II. Domestic Crime and Terrorism; 3. The Legacy of Lost Causes:The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord; 4. Charisma, Conflict, and Style: The Order; Part III. The Current State and Futureof the Terrorism-Crime Connection; 5. The Seduction of Terrorist Mythology:The Aryan Republican Army
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6. Al-Qaeda, the Radical Right, and Beyond:The Current Terrorist ThreatNotes; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814736951
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hamm, Mark S. Terrorism as crime New York [u.a.] : New York Univ. Press, 2007 ISBN 0814736955
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0814736963
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814736951
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814736968
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
USA
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Terrorismus
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Kriminalität
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Kriminologie
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