1st Edition

Tackling Terrorism in Britain Threats, Responses, and Challenges Twenty Years After 9/11

By Steven Greer Copyright 2022
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

In September 2001, the world witnessed the horrific events of 9/11. A great deal has happened on the counterterrorist front in the 20 years since. While the terrorist threat has greatly diminished in Northern Ireland, the events of 9/11 and their aftermath have ushered in a new phase for the rest of the UK with some familiar, but also many novel, characteristics. This ambitious study takes... Read more
Chapter 1 – Themes and trends

Chapter 2 – Global jihad

Chapter 3 – Domestic terrorism

Chapter 4 – Protect and Prepare

Chapter 5 – Prevent

Chapter 6 – Pursue

Chapter 7 – Threats, responses and challenges

Appendix A: Fatality-causing terrorist incidents in the UK, 2001-20

Appendix B: Chronology of key events: 1997-2020

Biography

Steven Greer is Professor of Human Rights at the University of Bristol Law School, UK. He studied Law at the University of Oxford, UK, and Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He also has a PhD in Law from Queen’s University Belfast, UK. In a career spanning over 30 years he has taught and delivered numerous papers throughout the UK and abroad, including China and the United States. He is Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and of the Royal Society of Arts, has acted as consultant/advisor to various organizations, and has published widely, particularly in the fields of criminal justice, human rights, and law and terrorism.