The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition

Informationen zum Autor C. Augustus "Gus" Martin is associate vice president for human resources management at California State University! Dominguez Hills! where he regularly teaches a course on the subject of terrorism and extremism. He has also served as acting associate dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy! associate vice president for faculty affairs! and chair of the Department of Public Administration and Public Policy. He began his academic career as a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs! University of Pittsburgh! where he was an Administration of Justice professor. His current research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism! homeland security! administration of justice! and juvenile justice. Dr. Martin is author of several books on the subjects of terrorism and homeland security! including Understanding Homeland Security (SAGE Publications! 2014); The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism! Second Edition (SAGE Publications! 2011); Terrorism and Homeland Security (SAGE Publications! 2011); Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies (SAGE Publications! 2011); and The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings (SAGE Publications! 2004). He is also author of Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems (SAGE Publications! 2005). Prior to joining academia! Dr. Martin served as managing attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh! where he was also director of a program created under a federal consent decree to desegregate public and assisted housing. He was also Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands on the island of St. Thomas. As Special Counsel he occupied a personal and confidential position in the central office of the Department of Justice; sat as hearing officer for disciplinary hearings and departmental grievances; served as chair of the drug policy committee; served as liaison to the intergovernmental Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee as well as to the Narcotics Strike Force; and provided daily legal and policy advice to the Attorney General. Prior to serving as Special Counsel! he was a "floor" legislative assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York. As legislative assistant! he researched! evaluated! and drafted legislation in areas of foreign policy! foreign aid! human rights! housing! education! social services! and poverty. He also drafted House floor statements! Congressional Record inserts! press releases! and news articles! and composed speeches! briefing materials! and legislative correspondence. Klappentext The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism! Second Edition! is a thoroughly updated and expanded edition of the original! highly regarded reference work. Nearly 100!000 words of new material has been added! along with fully updated original entries! expanded coverage! and multimedia elements (audio and video clips! links to primary documents and more) accompany the electronic version. New entries will explore the impact of terrorism on economics! public health! religion and even pop culture. Ethical issues such as the role of torture in interrogations! competing notions of security versus liberty! and the debates over FISA legislation and Guantanamo Bay will also be covered. Two dozen entries on significant recent events - such as the London bombings! Chechen attacks on Russian interests! and the rescue of Ingrid Bettancourt - and some 60 additional new entries will restore the work as an up-to-the-minute! natural first-stop for researchers. Zusammenfassung This thoroughly updated edition with expanded coverage explores the impact of terrorism on economics! public health! religion and pop culture! and also includes details of ethical issues and debates relating to terrorism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Forensics and Terrorism - Yossi Almog! Jay Levinson Intifada - Bader Araj! Robert J. Brym In...

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C. Augustus "Gus" Martin is Assistant Vice President for Faculty Affairs at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he is also the former chair of the Department of Public Administration & Public Policy. He has served on the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, where he was an Administration of Justice professor. His research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism, juvenile justice, administration of justice, and fair housing. He has served as a panelist for university and community symposia and interviews on the subjects of administration of justice, terrorism, and fair housing. He has also been a consultant to government and private agencies. Prior to joining academia, he was a "floor" legislative assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York and Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, he served as managing attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, where he was also director of a program created under a federal consent decree to desegregate public and assisted housing.

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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition, is a thoroughly updated and expanded edition of the original, highly regarded reference work. Nearly 100,000 words of new material has been added, along with fully updated original entries, expanded coverage, and multimedia elements (audio and video clips, links to primary documents and more) accompany the electronic version. New entries will explore the impact of terrorism on economics, public health, religion and even pop culture. Ethical issues such as the role of torture in interrogations, competing notions of security versus liberty, and the debates over FISA legislation and Guantanamo Bay will also be covered. Two dozen entries on significant recent events - such as the London bombings, Chechen attacks on Russian interests, and the rescue of Ingrid Bettancourt - and some 60 additional new entries will restore the work as an up-to-the-minute, natural first-stop for researchers.

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This thoroughly updated edition with expanded coverage explores the impact of terrorism on economics, public health, religion and pop culture, and also includes details of ethical issues and debates relating to terrorism.

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Forensics and Terrorism - Yossi Almog, Jay Levinson
Intifada - Bader Araj, Robert J. Brym
International Relations and Terrorism - Hall Gardner
Economics and Terrorism - Tahmina Hadjer, Gerald Schneider
Training of Terrorists - Brian Jackson
Kneecapping - Brenda Lutz, James Lutz
Guildfor Four - Brenda Lutz, James Lutz
Homeland Security, Office of - Kenneth J. Ryan
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Kenneth J. Ryan
Organization of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb - Hamoud Salhi
Al Shabab - Hamoud Salhi
Al-Masri, Abu Ayyub - Hamoud Salhi
Intelligence Gathering - Harold Scott
San Diego Daniel Andreas - Brent Smith
Chechen Incidents - Aglaya Snetkov
Death Squads - Mark Ungar
Lindh, John Walker - Lorenzo Vidino
Padilla, Jose - Lorenzo Vidino
Bloody Sunday - Kris Brown
Decommissioning Process - Kris Brown
Lord's Resistance Army - Ikaweba Bunting
Iraq War - Brian Burton
Religious and Spiritual Perspectives - David B. Cook
London Underground Bombings - Stuart Croft
New Terrorism - Steven Emerson
Gender-Based Terrorism - Kathryn Farr
Guantanamo Bay - David Glazier
Khmer Rouge - Dipak Gupta
Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists - Dipak Gupta
Afghan Arabs - Mohammed Hafez
Al-Qaeda in Iraq - Mohammed Hafez
Al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab - Mohammed Hafez
Ansar al-Islam - Mohammed Hafez
Chlorine Bombings, Iraq - Mohammed Hafez
Tupamaros - Jennifer Holmes
Afghanistan War - Najib Lafraie
Ethnic Cleansing - Benjamin Lieberman
Bashir, Abu Bakar - Samuel M. Makinda
Bali Nightclub Bombing - Samuel M. Makinda
Insurance and Terrorism - Erwann Michel-Kerjan
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