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


