Counter-Terrorism
Community-Based Approaches to Preventing Terror Crime
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Beschreibung
This book examines community-based approaches to counter-terrorism through an analysis of the notions of community, partnership, engagement, gender and religion in order to shed new light on the potential of and drawbacks to these approaches. It stresses the need for policy makers and practitioners to reflect on the effectiveness of the initiatives that they are engaged with, particularly in relation to how community-targeted or community-focused they are.
Includes contributions from: Abdul Haqq Baker, Jonathon Byrne, Salwa El-Awa, Laura Zahra McDonald, Basia Spalek and John Topping.
This book examines community-based approaches to counter-terrorism through an analysis of the notions of community, partnership, engagement, gender and religion in order to shed new light on the potential of, and drawbacks to these approaches. Dr. Spalek stresses the need for policy makers and practitioners to reflect on the effectiveness of the initiatives that they are engaged with, particularly in relation to how community-targeted or community-focused they are.
Examines attempts to counter terrorism through community 'bottomup' approaches Covers key issues including notions of community, gender, youth, religion and the role of the police Examines the UK and places it within a comparative perspective Examines European and global counterterrorism policies Develops the field of counterterrorism studies
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B. Spalek
Themen in »Counter-Terrorism«
terrorism counter-terrorism sociology sociology of violence crime gender police policing