Terrorism As Crime : : From Oklahoma City to Al-Qaeda and Beyond / / Mark S. Hamm.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Alternative Criminology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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 Future of the Terrorism-Crime Connection
- 5. The Seduction of Terrorist Mythology: The Aryan Republican Army
- 6. Al-Qaeda, the Radical Right, and Beyond: The Current Terrorist Threat
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author