Description This book provides practitioners and analysts in the field with effective tools for conducting analysis of terrorist groups and other violent substate groups.
It is remarkable particularly for those at the state and local level charged with countering terrorism, and even more so for those assigned to fusion centers who are required to think critically on this subject because it moves well beyond the traditional frames for assessing terrorists and Terrorism this book provides a methodology for understanding t. -- Professor Bruce Hoffman, Director, Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University This book will make you stop and level set your thinking.
Its commendably straightforward approach and authoritative imparting of information make it the single most reliable source for law enforcement personnel, first responders, and other professionals engaged in the investigation, research, and analysis of terrorism.
Authoritative and clear, the book is equally useful both as an instructional guide and reference work.
A Practitioner\'s Way Forward: Terrorism Analysis is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand and analyze terrorism.
The final chapter contains a number of such applications ways of doing analysis using real examples to which the reader can refer for clarification and guidance.
This model, based on insights from social psychology, is highly adaptive and can be applied by the analyst to violent substate groups across the ideological and geographical spectrum.
Part handbook, part reference book, it identifies the major obstacles to effective analysis, examines the most commonly used interpretations of terrorism, and goes on to present a unified model for analysis.
Free from unnecessary jargon and presented in a user-friendly format, the book offers analytical perspectives and techniques that are practical as well as intellectually rigorous; accessible and instantly applicable, while also based on solid social science theory and methodology.
Description This book provides practitioners and analysts in the field with effective tools for conducting analysis of terrorist groups and other violent substate groups
