Counter-Terrorism Community-Based Approaches to Preventing Terror Crime

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...

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Other Authors: Spalek, Basia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2012, 2012
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:IX, 209 p online resource
ISBN:9781137009524