Communities and Counterterrorism

Communities and Counterterrorism

by Basia Spalek (Editor), Douglas Weeks (Editor)

Synopsis

This book highlights a wide range of community-related counterterrorism initiatives undertaken in England, Northern Ireland, and Australia.

The book continues established scholarship in terrorism studies about the importance of considering communities when understanding, responding to, and preventing politically-, religiously-, and other ideologically-motivated violence. Terrorists are in competition with communities and socio-political-religious movements for proactive and passive support for their causes, membership, and resources. The book is particularly relevant in the aftermath of a series of jihadist terror attacks, alongside terror acts committed by far-right extremists, in the UK. There has been an increased emphasis upon the role of communities in combatting terrorism, with `Communities can defeat terrorism' becoming a well-known mantra.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 138
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 19 Feb 2019

ISBN 10: 0367184702
ISBN 13: 9780367184704

Author Bio
Basia Spalek is Professor in Conflict Transformation at the University of Derby, UK. She has undertaken extensive and in-depth research into community-based approaches to counter-terrorism, including community policing initiatives, mentoring, and de-radicalisation interventions. She is a BACP accredited psychotherapist at the University of Leicester Counselling Service, UK, and also has her own private practice. Douglas Weeks is a Lecturer at California State University Long Beach, USA, and a Visiting Research Fellow at London Metropolitan University, UK. He specialises in radicalisation, de-radicalisation, counter-terrorism policing, and counter-terrorism policy. Within those fields, his research has broadly centred on the convergence of counter-terrorism policy delivered by public safety agencies, and how mainstream and radicalised individuals respond.