Roach, Kent; Walker, Clive --- "Criminological perspectives on terrorism" [2019] ELECD 2979; in Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Hufnagel, Saskia; Moiseienko, Anton (eds), "Research Handbook on Transnational Crime" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 66

Book Title: Research Handbook on Transnational Crime

Editor(s): Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Hufnagel, Saskia; Moiseienko, Anton

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 6

Section Title: Criminological perspectives on terrorism

Author(s): Roach, Kent; Walker, Clive

Number of pages: 15

Abstract/Description:

Criminology has already made important contributions to understandings of terrorism and counter-terrorism, and its intervention is becoming ever more vital because of groups such as the Islamic State, which has inspired adherents and attacks across the world. Criminologists seek to explain terrorist activity and the impacts of state counter-terrorism. One strand in this approach derives from critical terrorism studies which highlight human security rather than state security and amplifies the voices of minorities and oppositions. Beyond critical terrorism studies, criminologists must range beyond their traditional focus on domestic criminal justice actors, such as the police and courts, to comprehend intelligence agencies, the military and border infrastructure, as well as the private sector and supra-national collaborations. In addition, prevention operates as a protean driving concept of counter-terrorism. The penology of terrorism must also be elaborated. The agenda may be ambitious, but methodologies will be challenged by vulnerable subjects and sensitive information.