INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781305633773 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Call number |
363.325 WH TE |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Authors |
White, Jonathan R. |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Terrorism and homeland security |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Jonathan R. White |
EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition |
9th ed. |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication |
Boston, MA : |
Publisher |
Cengage Learning, |
Date |
c2017. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xxii, 469 p. : |
Other Details |
ill., maps ; |
Size |
26 cm. |
CONTENTS |
Contents |
TERRORISM IN HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS.1. The Shifting Definition of Terrorism.2. Practical Criminology, Radicalization, and Types of Terrorism.3. Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering.4. Terrorism and the Media.5. Force Multipliers, Gender Roles, and Tactics.INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: NATIONAL AND ETHNIC MOVEMENTS.6. Long-Term Separatist Terrorism.7. Nationalistic and Endemic Terrorisms.8. Background to the Middle East.9. Terrorism in Israel and Palestine.INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: IDEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS.10. Revolutionary and Counterrevolutionary Terrorism.11. Jihadist Networks.DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY.12. Domestic Terrorism.13. An Introduction to Homeland Security.14. Organizing Homeland Security.15. Homeland Security and Constitutional Issues.16. Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, and the Future Word Cited. |
SUMMARY |
Summary |
"The purpose of this book is to introduce criminal justice and other social science students to the field of terrorism and homeland security. This book is also meant to provide a pragmatic background for the law enforcement, intelligence, and military communities. It is a basic, practical introduction for people who will or already do face the threat of terrorism. Information in this text is presented from a variety of positions. The purpose is to explain various points of view without taking sides. Students are exposed to differing interpretations of issues that have spawned heated controversies"--Preface. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Terrorism |
General |
United States |
Geographic |
Prevention |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
National security |
General |
United States |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Civil defense |
General |
United States |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Law enforcement |
General |
United States |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Terrorism |
Geographic |
Prevention |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/i39ettqcup2pg9qlo98r9b1pdp6nmes1 |
Public note |
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