Investigating Terrorism Current Political, Legal and Psychological Issues [Paperback]

Investigating Terrorism takes a look behind the closed doors of terrorist cases. Major players from the world of counter-terrorism, including politicians, lawyers, psychologists and police, offer analyses of recent terror attacks and share their knowledge of terrorist behaviour

 

• Deals with legal, psychological and practical issues surrounding how to deal with a real life ‘ticking bomb’ scenario
• Provides an insight into the most recent police model for interviewing witnesses, victims and suspects
• Contains the latest analyses of recent terrorist attacks including the recent Norwegian tragedy carried out by terrorist Anders Breivik
• Contains the views of major players in the world of counter-terrorism, including Lord Carlile, the former HMG’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorist legislation, and Peter Clarke, the recently retired Head of Terrorist Investigations for the UK

• Incorporates recently-released findings from studies commissioned by New Scotland Yard to study the effectiveness of police interviews with terrorist suspects

• Includes chapters discussing the context in which people become suicide bombers

 

About the Editor ix

About the Contributors x

Introduction 1

Part I Political, Legal and Policing Context 9

1 The Impact and Consequences of Terrorist Legislation in the United Kingdom Since 2001: A Review 11
Lord Carlile of Berriew, QC, and Carys Owen

2 Investigating Terrorism in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century: A Different Sort of Crime 31
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