Investigating Terrorism: Current Political, Legal and Psychological Issues

Investigating Terrorism takes a look behind the closed doors of terrorist cases. Major players from the world of counter-terrorism, including politicians, lawyers, psychologists and police, offer analyses of recent terror attacks and share their knowledge of terrorist behaviour * Deals with legal, psychological and practical issues surrounding how to deal with a real life ticking bomb scenario * Provides an insight into the most recent police model for interviewing witnesses, victims and suspects * Contains the latest analyses of recent terrorist attacks including the recent Norwegian tragedy carried out by terrorist Anders Breivik * Contains the views of major players in the world of counter-terrorism, including Lord Carlile, the former HMG s Independent Reviewer of Terrorist legislation, and Peter Clarke, the recently retired Head of Terrorist Investigations for the UK * Incorporates recently-released findings from studies commissioned by New Scotland Yard to study the effectiveness of police interviews with terrorist suspects * Includes chapters discussing the context in which people become suicide bombers