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Criminology and Public Policy
A journal devoted to policy discussions of criminology research findings
Volume 8 Issue 3 • Oct 2009

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Editorial Introduction

  • Criminology’s third war: Special issue on terrorism and responses to terrorism
    Gary LaFree

Articles

  • Trajectories of terrorism: Attack patterns of foreign groups that have targeted the United States, 1970–2004
    Gary LaFree, Sue-Ming Yang, Martha Crenshaw
  • Patterns of precursor behaviors in the life span of a U.S. environmental terrorism group
    Brent L. Smith, Kelly R. Damphousse
  • Critical events in the life trajectories of domestic extremist white supremacist groups: A case study analysis of four violent organizations
    Joshua D. Freilich, Steven M. Chermak, David Caspi
  • Weapon choice and American political violence: A comparison of terrorists and other felons in federal custody
    Richard L. Legault, James C. Hendrickson
  • Radicalization of U.S. prisoners
    Bert Useem, Obie Clayton

Policy Essays

  • Smart counterterrorism
    William C. Banks
  • Data daze
    Leonard Weinberg, William Eubank
  • A systemic approach to precursor behaviors
    John Wigle
  • Violence and public policy: The right lessons
    Chip Berlet
  • The prison hate machine
    Randy Blazak
  • Prisons and fear of terrorism
    James Austin
  • “Weapon choice and American political violence”: Some policy options
    Jack R. Greene
  • Criminologists and terrorism: Finding firearms under lampposts
    Brian Forst

Editorial Conclusion

  • Strengths and limits of criminological research on terrorism
    Jessica Stern