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Review of Peter Grabosky and Michael Stohl, Crime and Terrorism

Review of Peter Grabosky and Michael Stohl, Crime and Terrorism Asian Criminology (2014) 9:79–81 DOI 10.1007/s11417-012-9150-2 BOOK REVIEW Review of Peter Grabosky and Michael Stohl, Crime and Terrorism Washington, DC: Sage Publications, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-84920-031-8, 146 pages, $29.00/$69.00 (paperback/hardcover) Louise Shelley Received: 9 July 2012 /Accepted: 16 July 2012 /Published online: 9 August 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 This brief book distills the essence of the relationship between crime and terrorism. It examines the criminal and terrorist acts committed not only by non-state actors but also by the state. As part of a series called “Compact criminology”, it cannot analyze the subtleties of the relationship of these two phenomena. Rather, it focuses on the most striking points of convergence and divergence of organized crime and terrorism. The authors indicate the sources of data that are available to address the dimen- sions of crime and terrorism. Recently developed databases help probe the scale of the phenomena. Unlike crime, terrorism is relatively rare. Between 1968 and 2003, approximately 13,000 incidents were recorded. In 1968 and 2003, approximately 100 acts annually were recorded in the Iterate database, which relies heavily on media reporting. The peak of the phenomenon, according to their included table, occurred between 1980 and 1993. But one wonders http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Criminology Springer Journals

Review of Peter Grabosky and Michael Stohl, Crime and Terrorism

Shelley, Louise
Asian Journal of Criminology , Volume 9 (1) – Aug 9, 2012
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Copyright © 2012 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Social Sciences, general; Criminology & Criminal Justice; Social Sciences, general; Political Science, general; Law, general
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10.1007/s11417-012-9150-2
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Asian Criminology (2014) 9:79–81 DOI 10.1007/s11417-012-9150-2 BOOK REVIEW Review of Peter Grabosky and Michael Stohl, Crime and Terrorism Washington, DC: Sage Publications, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-84920-031-8, 146 pages, $29.00/$69.00 (paperback/hardcover) Louise Shelley Received: 9 July 2012 /Accepted: 16 July 2012 /Published online: 9 August 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 This brief book distills the essence of the relationship between crime and terrorism. It examines the criminal and terrorist acts committed not only by non-state actors but also by the state. As part of a series called “Compact criminology”, it cannot analyze the subtleties of the relationship of these two phenomena. Rather, it focuses on the most striking points of convergence and divergence of organized crime and terrorism. The authors indicate the sources of data that are available to address the dimen- sions of crime and terrorism. Recently developed databases help probe the scale of the phenomena. Unlike crime, terrorism is relatively rare. Between 1968 and 2003, approximately 13,000 incidents were recorded. In 1968 and 2003, approximately 100 acts annually were recorded in the Iterate database, which relies heavily on media reporting. The peak of the phenomenon, according to their included table, occurred between 1980 and 1993. But one wonders

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