Outsmarting the Terrorists

Name: Outsmarting the Terrorists
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ISBN: 9780275992309

ISBN-10: 0275992306

ISBN-13: 9780275992309

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ronald V. Clarke, Graeme R. Newman

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Given that the war on terror is currently being fought the way crime typically is-after the fact-this country cannot protect its citizens from future terrorist events solely in this way. Instead, measures must be taken to actually stop terrorists before they can attack. Here, the authors argue that government anti-terrorism policy must pay much more attention to reducing opportunities for terrorist attacks by protecting vulnerable targets, controlling the tools and weapons used by terrorists, and by removing the conditions of everyday life that make these attacks possible. While some of this work is done on an ad hoc basis, there are no recognized methods to guide the work, there is limited…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 316
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Ronald V. Clarke is university professor of criminal justice at Rutgers University. Previously, he headed the British government's criminological research department. His books include Outsmarting the Terrorists, Superhighway Robbery: Preventing E-commerce Crime , and Situational Prevention of Organized Crimes.




The gap in our defenses



Think terrorist



The key role of opportunity



Airliner hijackings : the lessons of reducing opportunity



Suicide bombings, step by step



Dynamics of terrorist decisions



Targets



Weapons



Tools



Facilitating conditions : the nuclear example



Targets - near and far



Taking it to them - when far is near



Terror in three English cities



Confusing near and far : crisis planning in the United States



A framework for prevention



Situational techniques and publicity



Implementing a program of situational prevention



Becoming smarter