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Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues offers a multidisciplinary, comprehensive exploration of domestic and international terrorism that helps students develop the knowledge and skills needed to critically assess the expressions and underlying causes of terrorism.

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Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues offers a multidisciplinary, comprehensive exploration of domestic and international terrorism that helps students develop the knowledge and skills needed to critically assess the expressions and underlying causes of terrorism.

Author Biography

Clarence Augustus "Gus" Martin is a Professor and founding Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he teaches courses on terrorism and extremism,  criminal law, and the criminal justice system. He has served as founding Director of the School of Public Service and Justice. He also served as Associate Vice President for Human Resources Management, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, and Chair of the Department of Public Administration. He began his academic career as a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, where he was an Administration of Justice professor. His current research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism, homeland security, and the administration of justice.Dr. Martin is author of several books on the subjects of terrorism and homeland security, including Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues (Sage, 2025); Terrorism and WMDs: Awareness and Response, Third Edition (with John Pichtel, CRC Press, 2025); Understanding Homeland Security (Sage, 2024); The Handbook of Homeland Security (with Scott Romaniuk and Martin Scott Catino; Routledge, 2023); Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies (Sage, 2022); Terrorism: An International Perspective (with Fynnwin Prager; Sage, 2019); The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition (Sage, 2011); Terrorism and Homeland Security (Sage, 2011); and The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings (Sage, 2004). He is also author of Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems (Sage, 2005).Prior to joining academia, Dr. Martin served as Managing Attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, where he was also director of a program created under a federal consent decree to desegregate public and assisted housing. He was also Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands on the island of St. Thomas. As Special Counsel, he occupied a personal and confidential position in the central office of the Department of Justice; sat as hearing officer for disciplinary hearings and departmental grievances; served as chair of the Drug Policy Committee; served as liaison to the intergovernmental Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee as well as to the Narcotics Strike Force; and provided daily legal and policy advice to the Attorney General. Prior to serving as Special Counsel, he was a "floor" Legislative Assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York. As Legislative Assistant, he researched, evaluated and drafted legislation in areas of foreign policy, foreign aid, human rights, housing, education, social services, and poverty; he also drafted House floor statements, Congressional Record inserts, press releases, and news articles; and he composed speeches, briefing materials, and legislative correspondence.Dr. Martin received his A.B. degree from Harvard College, J.D. from Duquesne University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, and Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

About the AuthorAcknowledgmentsIntroduction and RationalePart I • Terrorism: A Conceptual ReviewChapter 1 • Terrorism: First ImpressionsChapter 2 • The Nature of the Beast: Defining TerrorismChapter 3 • Beginnings: The Causes of TerrorismPart II • Terrorist Environments and TypologiesChapter 4 • Terror From Above: Terrorism by the StateChapter 5 • Terror From Below: Terrorism by DissidentsChapter 6 • Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious TerrorismChapter 7 • Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and RightChapter 8 • Terrorist Spillovers: International TerrorismChapter 9 • Emerging Terrorist Environments: Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident TerrorismPart III • The Terrorist Trade and CounterterrorismChapter 10 • Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of TerroristsChapter 11 • The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence and the Role of the MediaChapter 12 • The American Case: Terrorism in the United StatesChapter 13 • Counterterrorism: The OptionsPart IV • Securing the HomelandChapter 14 • A New Era: Homeland SecurityChapter 15 • What Next?: The Future of TerrorismAppendix A: Map ReferencesAppendix B: Prominent Persons and OrganizationsAppendix C: Two Thousand Years of TerrorGlossaryNotesIndex

Details ISBN1071919938 Author Gus Martin Edition Description 8th Revised edition Year 2024 Edition 8th ISBN-13 9781071919934 Format Paperback Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Subtitle Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Country of Publication United States Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Publisher SAGE Publications Inc ISBN-10 1071919938 Pages 696 DEWEY 363.325 AU Release Date 2024-10-13 Publication Date 2024-10-10 US Release Date 2024-10-10 UK Release Date 2024-10-10 We've got this

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