NCJ Number
56831
Date Published
1978
Length
210 pages
Annotation
THIS COMPREHENSIVE TEXT ON TERRORISM FOCUSES ON THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM, WITH ATTENTION TO HOW TO PLAN FOR CONTINGENCIES, ANALYZE THREAT, AND PREPARE AN ORGANIZATION AND ITS PERSONNEL FOR A POTENTIAL ATTACK.
Abstract
THE PROTECTIVE SERVICES OUTLINED HAVE AS THEIR OBJECTIVE THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY AGAINST ACTS WHICH, THOUGH CRIMINAL IN CHARACTER AND EXECUTION, ARE INFLUENCED BY POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL DOCTRINES THAT REJECT THE ESTABLISHED LEGAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, OR ECONOMIC SYSTEMS THAT THEY PLAN TO OVERTHROW. THE ESSENTIAL FACETS OF TERRORISM ARE APPROACHED SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH AN EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTED TECHNIQUES OFTEN UTILIZED BY TERRORISTS. EMPHASIZING PREVENTIVE AND ACTION PLANNING, THE ROLE OF EFFECTIVE THREAT ANALYSIS, AND THE NEED FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, THE CHAPTERS TREAT SUCH TOPICS AS THE COMMON TARGETS AND TACTICS OF TERRORISM, HOSTAGE TAKING, KIDNAPPING, ASSASSINATION, EXTORTION, AND BOMBING. PROFILES ARE PROVIDED OF BOTH ORGANIZED AND QUASI-TERRORISTS, AS WELL AS MISFITS--MENTALLY DISTURBED INDIVIDUALS WHO EMBARK ON SOME TERRORISTIC ENTERPRISE. A FINAL CHAPTER ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM OF REDUCING THE RISK OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN A FREE SOCIETY. AN INDEX AND BIBLIOGRAPHY ARE PROVIDED. (KBL)