Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 - History of Terrorism
"Fear and Trembling: Terrorism in Three Religious Traditions" - David C. Rapoport
"The Terrorist Trap: American′s Experience with Terrorism" - Jeffrey D. Simon
Chapter 2 - International Terrorism
"Terrorism, Crime, and Transformation" - Chris Dishman
"Somebody Else′s Civil War" - Michael Scott Doran
Chapter 3 - Homegrown Terror in the U.S.
"Political Eschatology" - Jonathan R. White
"Fighting Terrorism as if Women Mattered: Anti-Abortion Violence as Unconstructed Terrorism" - Philip Jenkins
Chapter 4 - Reporting Terrorism
"Terrorism, The Media, and the Government: Perspectives, Trends, and Options for Policymakers" - Raphael F. Perl
"Terrorism and Censorship: The Media in Chains" - Terry Anderson
Chapter 5 - Women as Terrorists
"Token Terrorist: The Demon Lover′s Women" - Robin Morgan
"Mafiosi and the Terrorists: Italian Women in Violent Organizations" - Alison Jamieson
Chapter 6 - Conventional Terrorist Tactics
"Bombing of Omagh, 15 August 1998: The Bombers, Their Tactics, Strategy, and Purpose Behind the Incident" - James Dingley
"Suicide Terrorism: A Global Threat"
Chapter 7 - Unconventional Terrorist Tactics
"Weapons of Mass Destruction" - Walter Laqueur
"Cyberhate: A Legal and Historical Analysis of Extremists′ Use of Computer Networks in America" - Brian Levin
Chapter 8 - Counterterrorism
"Lessons and Futures"
"A Cautionary Tale for a New Age of Surveillance" - Jeffrey Rosen
Appendix A: Locations of Worldwide Terrorist Activity
Appendix B: Background on Terrorist Groups - U.S. Department of State
Appendix C: Video Notes
Index

About the Author

Pamala L. Griset was an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida; now retired, she is an Adjunct Professor. She received a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York at Albany. She was formerly employed as a Deputy Commissioner at the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and an assistant to the New York State Director of Criminal Justice. Before turning to the study of terrorism, she authored a book and several articles on determinate sentencing policy, monographs on juvenile detention, and book chapters on various aspects of the administration of justice. Sue Mahan is an Associate Professor in the Criminal Justice Program at the University of Central Florida - Daytona Beach Campus. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Missouri – Columbia and was awarded a Kellogg Fellowship in International Development and a Fulbright Distinguished Lectureship to Peru. She is the author of several other books including: Unfit Mothers; Women, Crime and Criminal Justice (with Ralph Weisheit); Crack, Cocaine, Crime and Women; and Beyond the Mafia, as well as journal articles and book chapters about crime and justice. She is working on a book about restorative justice in Colombia, SA based on observations and interviews.