Understanding and Responding to Terrorism: Volume 19 NATO Security through Science Series: Human and Societal Dynamics (Nato Security Through Science)

✍ Scribed by Huseyin Durmaz, Bilal Sevinc, Ahmet Sait Yayla, Siddik Ekici

• Publisher: IOS Press
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 416
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This publication concerns three main topics: - Dynamics of effective international cooperation against terrorism: Facilitators and barriers; - Law enforcement response to terrorism in different countries and regions; - Emergency management lessons for Homeland Security. On the first topic on the role of international organizations, the barriers for cooperation and their solutions are explored. With respect to the second topic, several country's legislative efforts against terrorism, the level of terrorism, experienced threat, and how law enforcement agencies fight terrorism in their respective states are handled. The third topic includes evaluations of the response and recovery operations that are implemented after terrorist attacks in order to enhance emergency management and homeland security policies and procedures as well as the integration of crisis and consequence management activities. The articles in this publication have been categorized in five parts: - International Police Cooperation - National Approaches to Terrorism - Responding to Terrorism - Terrorism Emergency Management - Closing Remarks This book can be a useful source to better understand and respond to the terrorism threat.IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields. Some of the areas we publish in: -Biomedicine -Oncology -Artificial intelligence -Databases and information systems -Maritime engineering -Nanotechnology -Geoengineering -All aspects of physics -E-governance -E-commerce -The knowledge economy -Urban studies -Arms control -Understanding and responding to terrorism -Medical informatics -Computer Sciences

✦ Table of Contents

Title page......Page 1
Preface......Page 5
Principal Contributors......Page 7
Contents......Page 11
International Police Cooperation......Page 15
Interpol - Providing Support and Assistance to Combat International Terrorism......Page 17
Europol in the Combat of International Terrorism......Page 25
International Police Cooperation Against Terrorism: Interpol and Europol in Comparison......Page 31
International Organizations and Non-Traditional Conflicts......Page 40
Barriers to International Police Cooperation in the Age of Terrorism......Page 56
Employing Global Need-Based Information and Technology Sharing to Enhance Cooperation Among Law Enforcement Organizations......Page 70
Extradition of Terror Suspects and Developments in Extradition Process......Page 80
Global Developments in Transnational Police Training: TADOC (Turkish International Academy Against Drugs and Organized Crime)......Page 98
Establishing the International Institute for Police Research and Training in Turkey......Page 113
Country Approaches to Terrorism......Page 123
Socio-Juridical Characteristics of Terrorism in the Laws of Azerbaijan......Page 125
The Last Amendments to the Prevention of Terror Act of Turkey......Page 131
Terrorist Activities in Kyrgyzstan and Precautionary Measures......Page 143
International Cooperation as a Strategy of Fighting and Prevention Terrorism in Georgia......Page 152
Macedonia as a Leader in the South-East Europe's Cooperation in the Fight Against Organised Crime......Page 167
Collaboration in the Field of Prevention to the Organized Crime and Terrorism......Page 178
Initiatives Taken by the Republic of Armenia in the Fight Against Terror: Legislative Regulations and Intergovernmental Cooperation with the CIS States......Page 187
Responding to Terrorism......Page 197
Terrorism as a Social and Criminal Phenomenon: A Complete Model to Deal with Terrorism......Page 199
Legal Policing Responses to Terrorist Operations......Page 221
Organizing to Combat Future Terrorist Threats: Policy and Operational Implications......Page 231
Intelligence Led Policing as a Framework for Law Enforcement in the 21st Century......Page 235
Supply Chains, Illicit Markets, and Terrorism: Understanding Organizations and Strategies......Page 250
Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism......Page 256
Local Policing: Using Community Policing Principles as a Tactic in the Time of Terror......Page 266
Local Values and Police......Page 274
Family Case Approach in Understanding and Combating Crime in General and Specifically Terror......Page 285
Youth and Terrorism......Page 299
Terrorism Emergency Management......Page 319
An Emerging Concept: 'Terrorism Emergency Management'......Page 321
The Impacts of Catastrophic Events in Large Cities: Considerations for Coping with the Aftermath of Terrorism in Urban Settings......Page 328
Terrorism, Vulnerability and Assessment......Page 332
Improvisation, Creativity, and the Art of Emergency Management......Page 338
Coordinated Response to Man-Made and Natural Disasters......Page 350
Reassessing FEMA and Its Role in Preparing the Nation: Recommendations to Respond Effectively to Disasters......Page 358
Responding to Terrorist Attacks Within the Labyrinth of Independent Governments: Collaborating and Quarrelling......Page 366
Public Archetypes in U.S. Counter-Bioterrorist Policy......Page 378
The Disaster Management Perspective of the November 20, 2003 Events in Istanbul, Turkey......Page 389
Building Trust Among Community Stakeholders......Page 397
Closing Remarks......Page 407
Closing Remarks......Page 409
Author Index......Page 413