NCJ Number
57914
Editor(s)
Y ALEXANDER,
D CARLTON,
P WILKINSON
Date Published
1979
Length
293 pages
Annotation
THIS ANTHOLOGY RELATES THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TERRORISM TO WIDER CHANGES IN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, ATTITUDES, AND CONDITIONS AND ALSO TO ADVANCES IN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY.
Abstract
IN MANY OF THE ARTICLES AN EFFORT IS MADE TO ASSESS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN TERRORISM AGAINST THE BROADER CANVAS OF TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND CONFLICT. THE FIRST THREE PARTS OF THE BOOK SURVEY THEORIES OF TERRORIST MOTIVATION, UNDERLYING AND PRECIPITATIVE CAUSES OF TERRORISM, SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC THEORIES OF VIOLENCE, AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TERRORIST MOVEMENTS AND THEIR MODUS OPERANDI. THE FOURTH PART CONTAINS ESSAYS ON TOPICS OF CURRENT INTEREST, SUCH AS TERRORISM IN NORTHERN IRELAND, HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION, THE LEGALIZATION OF TERRORISM, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TERRORISM AND THE MEDIA. THE TWO CONCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS OFFER DISCUSSIONS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE TRENDS IN TERRORISM AND EXPLORE SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ASSESSMENT FOR POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC. SUGGESTIONS FOR HOW TO COPE WITH TERRORISM FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENFORCEMENT. THE COSTS OF COUNTERMEASURES BY BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND NONDEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES ARE DISCUSSED, AND PUNITIVE SANCTIONS AIMED AT COUNTRIES PROVIDING REFUGE TO TERRORIST OFFENDERS ARE SUPPORTED. THIS VOLUME IS THE CULMINATION OF A 2-YEAR MULTILATERAL RESEARCH EFFORT TO DEAL WITH SOME THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THIS SERIOUS AND COMPLEX PROBLEM. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX ARE INCLUDED. FOR SPECIFIC ARTICLES, REFER TO NCJ-53262 AND 57915-57921. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED-PRG)