Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 20 Years of Critical Perspectives

Introduction: Security Knowledge in Practice: Twenty years of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

Nell Bennett, Julian Droogan and Morwenna MacGillivray

Part I: Research that Answers New Questions

1. Right-wing extremism in Australia: the rise of the new radical right

Geoff Dean, Peter Bell and Zarina Vakhitova

2. Australian right wing extremist ideology: exploring narratives of nostalgia and nemesis

Kristy Campion

Part II: New solutions for Old Problems

3. Mind the grass! Exploring the assessment of informant coverage in policing and law enforcement

Colin Atkinson

4. Source Handler perceptions of the interviewing processes employed with informants

Jordan Nunan, Ian Stanier, Rebecca Milne, Andrea Shawyer and Dave Walsh

5. Clandestine communications in cyber-denied environments: Numbers stations and radio in the 21st century

Tony Ingesson and Magnus Andersson

6. Islamophobes are not all the same! A study of far right actors on Twitter

Bertie Vidgen, Taha Yasseri and Helen Margetts

Part III: The Importance of Trust and Collaboration

7. Humour, trust, and tacit knowledge of police and border officers in international police collaboration

Sophia Yakhlef

8. A scoping analysis of the counter terrorism command policing structure and its impact on intelligence sharing between the police and the security services

Eric Halford

9. A bridge too far? An academic-national security practitioner dialogue on research collaboration across the divide

Michele Grossman and Natalie Davis

10. Countering violent extremism: assessment in theory and practice

David Malet

Part IV: Research that Looks to the Future

11. The integration of statistical learning in intelligence education: is the academy equipping tomorrow’s intelligence professionals to analyze data-centric threats?

James Ramsay and Andrew Macpherson

12. Beyond motherhood: women’s agency as mediators and monitors in preventing and countering violent extremism initiatives in the Philippines

Queenie Pearl Tomaro

Biography

Nell Bennett is a Barrister practising in Criminal Law, with a background in national security research, including terrorism and maritime security. Her latest book is Euskadi ta Askatasuna: A Case Study on Terrorist Dynamics and the Fight to Survive.

Julian Droogan is Professor and Head of the School of International Studies at Macquarie University, where he also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism. His research focusses on terrorism studies. 

Morwenna MacGillivray teaches Security and Intelligence Studies at Macquarie University. She has a PhD in modern history and is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.