To Protect and To Serve : Policing in an Age of Terrorism

Since 9/11, the threat of terrorism has become a key issue in police agencies throughout the world. How should the police change to counter terrorism threats? What implications do such changes have for traditional responsibilities of the police like combating crime, or in the resources or focus of modern police agencies? __To Protect and To Serve: Policing in an Age of Terrorism__ brings together distinguished American and Israeli policing scholars, who pool their knowledge and experience to shed light on what has happened to policing since the turn of the century, and what trends can be expect over the next few decades. __To Protect and To Serve__ begins by asking what terrorism is and what forms it takes, and discusses how it raises new questions for democratic societies and democratic policing. While many scholars and lay people take for granted the fact that the police should play a central role in the fight against terrorism, the volume also examines critically the rationale for the police role. Accordingly a chapter also examines the role that the police should play in the complex task of preventing, and responding to terror, and responding to the outcomes of terror? Another chapter begins with a description of the specific strategies and tactics that police agencies have developed to deal with terrorism (and the outcomes of terrorism), and assesses what works both in preventing terrorism and in dealing with its consequences. A critical issue that has received comparatively little attention is addressed in another chapter, which examines how police agencies responded organizationally to the added responsibilities of fighting terrorism. Finally, the book also examines the impact of fighting terrorism on minority and majority communities, and the questions of legitimacy that are raised by new roles that police take on. Trends In Modern International Terrorism / Boaz Ganor -- Tracking Global Terrorism Trends, 1970-2004 / Gary Lafree And Laura Dugan -- Cops And Spooks: The Role Of The Police In Counterterrorism / David H. Bayley And David Weisburd -- Police Activities To Counter Terrorism: What We Know And What We Need To Know / Cynthia Lum ... [et Al.] -- The Implications Of Terrorism On The Formal And Social Organization Of Policing In The Us And Israel: Some Concerns And Opportunities / Jack R. Greene And Sergio Herzog -- The Impacts Of Policing Terrorism On Society: Lessons From Israel And The Us / Badi Hasisi, Geoffrey P. Alpert, And Dan Flynn -- Policing, Terrorism, And Beyond / Thomas E. Feucht ... [et Al.]. David Weisburd ... [et Al.], Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. It provides the first comprehensive assessment of the role of the police in homeland security functions, the effectiveness of strategies, the impacts of homeland security threats on police organization, and on the relationships between police and community. The book's authors include some of the best known scholars in policing and in the area of policing terrorism brought together by the National Institute of Justice and the Ministry of Public Security in Israel to provide cutting edge discussion of the challenges presented by terrorism for police in democratic societies. Each chapter includes not only an up to date survey of the literature in the areas covered, but also a discussion what we need to know to develop better policies and practices. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-9 Trends in Modern International Terrorism....Pages 11-42 Tracking Global Terrorism Trends, 1970–2004....Pages 43-80 Cops and Spooks: The Role of Police in Counterterrorism....Pages 81-99 Police Activities to Counter Terrorism: What We Know and What We Need to Know....Pages 101-141 The Implications of the Formal and Social Organization of Policing in the U.S and Israel: Some Concerns and Opportunities....Pages 143-175 The Impacts of Policing Terrorism on Society: Lessons from Israel and the US....Pages 177-202 Policing, Terrorism, and Beyond....Pages 203-224 Back Matter....Pages 225-230