1st Edition
Policing Terrorism Research Studies into Police Counterterrorism Investigations
THE LAW GOVERNING TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS. Legal Definition of Terrorism. Government Policies and Statutory Preventative Measures. Surveillance and International Terrorism Intelligence Exchange: Balancing the Interests of National Security and Individual Liberty. Funding Terrorism. INVESTIGATING TERRORISM. Lack of Discretion in High Policing. Radicalization of Terrorist Causes: A Study of the 32CSM/IRA Threat to UK Security. Recruiting Informants in Counterterrorism Investigations: Is Loss of Integrity a Noble Cause? Handling Informants.
Biography
David Lowe is a principal lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University Law School. Prior to becoming an academic, he was a police officer for 27 years with the UK’s Merseyside Police, with the majority of his service spent as a detective in the Special Branch Counterterrorism Unit. His research in policing, terrorism, and security has been published in books and journals. He also coedited the second volume of Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges from across the Globe. He is a regular contributor to Westlaw’s legal encyclopaedia, Insight, on legal issues related to terrorism, and is regularly used by the television, radio, and the print media in the UK, Europe, and the United States for commentary in these areas.
