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Terrorist Profiling and Law Enforcement: Detection, Prevention, Deterrence
by Noel McGuirkThis book analyses the usefulness of terrorist profiling utilised by law enforcement officers as a pre-emptive means to assist them in the detection, prevention and deterrence of terrorism and/or its preparatory activities. It explores two main themes arising from the phenomenon of terrorist profiling: the lawfulness of terrorist profiling and the utility of profiling. These two themes are explored in three separate parts. Firstly, the book begins by drawing upon human rights concerns arising from the use of terrorist profiling by law enforcement officers. Secondly, an analytical framework capable of making determinations on the usefulness of terrorist profiling. This framework develops a profiling spectrum that ranges from formal and informal manifestations of terrorist profiling that forms the basis for evaluating its usefulness. Finally, the book presents an examination of various manifestations of terrorist profiling by separating the analysis of the ‘construction’ of profiles on the one hand, from their ‘application,’ on the other, so as to be able to identify and examine profiling’s usefulness as a technique to assist law enforcement officers make predictions about likely offender characteristics. This book ultimately concludes that terrorist profiling should only be conducted by undertaking a systematic assessment of the construction of profiles separate from the application of profiles whilst simultaneously taking into account fundamental human rights concerns with the practice of terrorist profiling. The work will be an essential resource for academics, law enforcement officers and lawyers in the disciplines of law, criminology, human rights, criminal justice and policing. As the book engages with terrorist profiling, it will also be of interest to those engaged in the psychology of terrorism.
Terrorist Rehabilitation and Community Engagement in Malaysia and Southeast Asia (Routledge Studies in the Politics of Disorder and Instability)
by Rohan Gunaratna Mohd Mizan AslamThe contributors to this book analyse the different approaches and modes of terrorist rehabilitation that have been attempted by Malaysia, and other countries in Southeast Asia. With an emphasis on the particular contexts within which they operate, this book examines the factors that determine the relative successes and failure of a wide range of community initiatives in integrating terrorists back into society. These initiatives include using methods based on social psychology, religion, and entrepreneurship to develop a comprehensive approach to rehabilitating and deradicalizing terrorists in Malaysia as well as Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. As such it makes an important contribution to the global policy debate, coloured by the unique characteristics of the South East Asia region. A valuable resource for researchers and policymakers seeking constructive ways to counter violent extremism.
Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State (Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality)
by Mia FischerThe increased visibility of transgender people in mainstream media, exemplified by Time magazine’s declaration that 2014 marked a “transgender tipping point,” was widely believed to signal a civil rights breakthrough for trans communities in the United States. In Terrorizing Gender Mia Fischer challenges this narrative of progress, bringing together transgender, queer, critical race, legal, surveillance, and media studies to analyze the cases of Chelsea Manning, CeCe McDonald, and Monica Jones. Tracing how media and state actors collude in the violent disciplining of these trans women, Fischer exposes the traps of visibility by illustrating that dominant representations of trans people as deceptive, deviant, and threatening are integral to justifying, normalizing, and reinforcing the state-sanctioned violence enacted against them. The heightened visibility of transgender people, Fischer argues, has actually occasioned a conservative backlash characterized by the increased surveillance of trans people by the security state, evident in debates over bathroom access laws, the trans military ban, and the rescission of federal protections for transgender students and workers. Terrorizing Gender concludes that the current moment of trans visibility constitutes a contingent cultural and national belonging, given the gendered and racialized violence that the state continues to enact against trans communities, particularly those of color.
Terrorífico Top 5: Parte 2
by L. MontagueEl Top 5 de las Ciudades Secretas La mayor parte de nosotros estamos acostumbrados a entrar y salir de la ciudad a nuestro antojo. Pero ese no es el caso para toda la gente. Algunas personas se encuentran atrapadas en sus propias ciudades – a veces incluso en áreas reducidas de la ciudad, mientras que otros habitan en túneles subterráneos o en espacios secretos. 5. La Bóvedas de Edimburgo 4. Mercury 3. Dixia Cheng 2. Oak Ridge 1. Ozersk El Top 5 de las Dogas más Terroríficas Creo que no necesito recordarte que consumir drogas duras no es la manera más saludable de pasar tu tiempo libre. Algunas drogas tienen efectos devastadores en el organismo humano, pero para cuando el usuario comienza a sentir los efectos, él o ella ya se han introducido demasiado lejos dentro del agujero del conejo como para detenerse. Estas cinco drogas son completamente aterradoras y espero que nadie se ponga en contacto con ellas. 5. Sales de Baño 4. El Aliento del Diablo 3. Jenkem 2. Krokodil 1 Whoonga El Top 5 de las Historias Paranormales de la Inglaterra del Siglo 17 La gente siempre se ha interesado en lo paranormal. Siempre han querido ponerle un rostro a las cosas que no pueden explicar. Más aún en una época en que las hadas, los fantasmas y las brujas caminaban por la tierra en historias que son transmitidas de abuelas a nietas. 5. Anne Jeffries y las Hadas 4. El Poltergeist de Isabel Heriot 3. El Doble de Mary Goffe 2. El Demonio de Spreyton 1. El Fantasma de Anne Walker El Top 5 de los Secretos más Importantes Revelados por los Documentos de JFK Recientemente Liberados Recientemente, fueron liberados miles y miles de registros y documentos referentes a la investigación del asesinato de John F. Kennedy que habían sido retenidos con anterioridad. Estos documentos han
Terry Nation: The Man Who Invented the Daleks
by Alwyn W. TurnerA “splendidly entertaining” biography of the British tv writer acclaimed for his invention of a fictional alien race for Doctor Who (Dominic Sandrook, author of State of Emergency—The Way We Were: Britain 1970–1974).The Daleks are one of the most iconic and fearsome creations in television history. Since their first appearance in 1963, they have simultaneously fascinated and terrified generations of children, their instant success ensuring, and sometimes eclipsing, that of Doctor Who. They sprang from the imagination of Terry Nation, a failed stand-up comic who became one of the most prolific writers for television that Britain ever produced. Survivors, his vision of a post-apocalyptic England, so haunted audiences in the Seventies that the BBC revived it over thirty years on, and Blake’s 7, constantly rumored for return, endures as a cult sci-fi classic. But it is for his genocidal pepperpots that Nation is most often remembered, and now, more than 50 years after their creation they continue to top the Saturday-night ratings. Yet while the Daleks brought him notoriety and riches, Nation played a much wider role in British broadcasting’s golden age. He wrote for Spike Milligan, Frankie Howerd and an increasingly troubled Tony Hancock, and as one of the key figures behind the adventure series of the Sixties—including The Avengers, The Saint and The Persuaders!—he turned the pulp classics of his boyhood into a major British export. In The Man Who Invented the Daleks, acclaimed cultural historian Alwyn W. Turner, explores the curious and contested origins of Doctor Who’s greatest villains, and sheds light on a strange world of ambitious young writers, producers and performers without whom British culture today would look very different.
Tessie and Pearlie: A Granddaughter's Story
by Joy Horowitz"Tessie and Pearlie" is Joy Horowitz's moving, poignant memoir of her two grandmothers, both in their 90s, both immigrants, but with very different personalities.
Test Development and Validation
by Gary Edward SkaggsTest Development and Validation by Gary Skaggs summarizes the latest test theories, frameworks for test development and validation, and guidance for developing tests in straightforward language in one core text. Students looking for clear, concise explanations of measurement, validity, and test development within a real-world context and with numerous examples will find this book to be an excellent learning resource. Author Gary Skaggs takes years of experience teaching test development to graduate students across social and behavioral sciences and consulting on a wide variety of government and institutional research projects to offer students a thorough, jargon-free, and highly applied book to help propel their own research and careers. Part I of the book, The Big Picture, sets the stage for test development, placing it within the larger context and history of measurement, emphasizing measurement concepts and their evolution over time. Part II, Test Development, covers the technical details of instrument and test development in logical order. Validation, Part III, links the conceptual bases provided in Part I with the technical process provided in Part II to conclude the book. For those students wanting to go further, software suggestions are referenced in the technical chapters, while Further Reading sections offer the original sources for more details. Exercises and Activities at the end of each chapter provide students a variety of ways to apply their knowledge, from conceptual questions to brief project ideas to data analysis problems.
Test Development and Validation
by Gary Edward SkaggsTest Development and Validation by Gary Skaggs summarizes the latest test theories, frameworks for test development and validation, and guidance for developing tests in straightforward language in one core text. Students looking for clear, concise explanations of measurement, validity, and test development within a real-world context and with numerous examples will find this book to be an excellent learning resource. Author Gary Skaggs takes years of experience teaching test development to graduate students across social and behavioral sciences and consulting on a wide variety of government and institutional research projects to offer students a thorough, jargon-free, and highly applied book to help propel their own research and careers. Part I of the book, The Big Picture, sets the stage for test development, placing it within the larger context and history of measurement, emphasizing measurement concepts and their evolution over time. Part II, Test Development, covers the technical details of instrument and test development in logical order. Validation, Part III, links the conceptual bases provided in Part I with the technical process provided in Part II to conclude the book. For those students wanting to go further, software suggestions are referenced in the technical chapters, while Further Reading sections offer the original sources for more details. Exercises and Activities at the end of each chapter provide students a variety of ways to apply their knowledge, from conceptual questions to brief project ideas to data analysis problems.
Test Tubes Dragon Scales
by BasilFirst published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Test Your Cultural Literacy
by Diane Zahler Kathy A. ZahlerThis fascinating quiz book dared Americans to prove their knowledge of Western and global culture. Now it's back to challenge and entertain a new crop of readers and to offer brand-new coverage of the key events and ideas that are reshaping today's world.
Test-Tube Women: What Future for Motherhood? (Routledge Library Editions: Women in Society)
by Rita Arditti Renate Duelli Klein Shelley MindenOriginally published in 1984, when new reproductive technologies were just beginning to become part of the public discussion, this edition was published with a new preface in 1989. The Editors wanted to look carefully at how much real choice reproductive technologies offered to women. Genetic engineering, sperm banks, test tube fertilization, sex selection, surrogate mothering, experimentation in the so called ‘third world’, increased technological intervention in childbirth – were we taking pregnancy and the birth process out of the dark ages or into a terrifying ‘brave new world’?They ask who controls it? Who benefits? The technological machine grinds on, in headline-grabbing leaps or in quiet developments in research laboratories: but what are the implications for women worldwide? Still a huge industry today, this reissue can be read in its historical context.
Testament
by G.C. WaldrepIn this book-length poem, G.C. Waldrep addresses matters as diverse as Mormonism, cymatics, race, Dolly the cloned sheep, and his own life and faith. Drafted over twelve trance-like days while in residence at Hawthornden Castle, Waldrep responds to such poets as Alice Notley, Lisa Robertson, and Carla Harryman, and tackles the question of whether gender can be a lyric form.G.C. Waldrep's books include Disclamor (BOA Editions Ltd., 2007) and Your Father on the Train of Ghosts (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2011). He lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he teaches at Bucknell University, edits West Branch, and serves as editor-at-large for the Kenyon Review.
Testament of My Childhood
by Felix Walter Robert De RoquebruneLife in a Quebec manor-house at the turn of the century is colourfully described in this biography of his childhood by Robert de Roquebrune. Skilfully woven into the texture of reminiscences about his own growing up are absorbing accounts of the early history of Canada. Through his ancestors, whose careers and personalities live vividly in accounts preserved by the family, there is a strong feeling for the continuity of life and traditions from the France of Louis XIII to what was to become of the province of Quebec. This is the first time this classic of French Canada has been translated into English.
Testament to Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925
by Vera BrittainIn 1915, the author enlisted as a nurse in the armed services. She explores the politics and hopes of those people who came of age as war broke out.
Testbuch Allgemeinbildung für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Wiley-VCHEine gute Allgemeinbildung hat so ihre Vorteile. Viele Menschen beurteilen im Privat- und im Berufsleben Menschen danach, was sie so von dem wissen, was sie wissen sollten. Dieses Buch hilft Ihnen, Ihr Wissen zu testen. So erfahren Sie, wie solide Ihr Wissen zu Geschichte, Literatur, Philosophie, Chemie, Biologie, Mathematik und vielen anderen Gebieten ist. Das Buch hilft Ihnen, wenn Sie Schwachstellen in Ihrer Bildung entdecken wollen oder auch einfach nur Spaß daran haben, sich selbst zu testen
Tested by Zion
by Elliott AbramsThis book tells the full inside story of the Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Written by a top National Security Council officer who worked at the White House with Bush, Cheney, and Rice and attended dozens of meetings with figures like Sharon, Mubarak, the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and Palestinian leaders, it brings the reader inside the White House and the palaces of Middle Eastern officials. How did 9/11 change American policy toward Arafat and Sharon's tough efforts against the Second Intifada? What influence did the Saudis have on President Bush? Did the American approach change when Arafat died? How did Sharon decide to get out of Gaza, and why did the peace negotiations fail? In the first book by an administration official to focus on Bush and the Middle East, Elliott Abrams brings the story of Bush, the Israelis, and the Palestinians to life.
Tested: How Twelve Wrongly Imprisoned Men Held Onto Hope (Tested Ser.)
by Peyton BuddWrongly convicted inmates of the Dallas prison system tell their stories of survival and exoneration through personal interviews in this revealing book.Advances in DNA technology have revolutionized how criminals are prosecuted, but it has also brought a ray of hope to those serving time for crimes they never committed. Across the country, DNA testing is exonerating wrongfully convicted and imprisoned people—and nowhere more so than in Dallas, Texas. In Tested, authors Peyton and Dorothy Budd dramatically reveal how these men kept their hope, their faith, and their sanity. Through a series of personal interviews, these men share the secrets of what sustained them behind bars. Whether through dreams or hustle, music or words, these men found what they needed to survive. Their stories illuminate both the failures of the justice system and the resilience of the human spirit.
Testigos, 35 hechos y voces para la historia
by Caracol RadioLa voz del magistrado Alfonso Reyes Echandía se oyó por últimavez en los micrófonos de Caracol Radio minutos antes de morir. Suplegaria quedó grabada para siempre en los archivos de la cadenaradial y ahora es recuperada para esta obra, junto con decenas deaudios, fotografías y textos que reconstruyen la historia recientede Colombia.Testigos es un libro que narra, con la pluma exigente de algunosde los mejores periodistas del país, 35 momentos y personajesimborrables de nuestra memoria y que los micrófonos de la radiocontaron en el instante que ocurrieron: los goles de la Selección, elproceso 8000, la toma del Palacio de Justicia, la vuelta a España deLucho Herrera, el caso Agro Ingreso Seguro, Juan Manuel Santos,entre otros. Una edición especial para vivir y recordar el país quequeremos.
Testigos, 35 hechos y voces para la historia
by Juan Gossain María Teresa Ronderos Erika Cecilia Fontalvo Galofre35 voces y hechos para la historia La voz del magistrado Alfonso Reyes Echandía se oyó por últimavez en los micrófonos de Caracol Radio minutos antes de morir. Suplegaria quedó grabada para siempre en los archivos de la cadenaradial y ahora es recuperada para esta obra, junto con decenas deaudios, fotografías y textos que reconstruyen la historia recientede Colombia.Testigos es un libro que narra, con la pluma exigente de algunosde los mejores periodistas del país, 35 momentos y personajesimborrables de nuestra memoria y que los micrófonos de la radiocontaron en el instante que ocurrieron: los goles de la Selección, elproceso 8000, la toma del Palacio de Justicia, la vuelta a España deLucho Herrera, el caso Agro Ingreso Seguro, Juan Manuel Santos,entre otros. Una edición especial para vivir y recordar el país quequeremos.
Testimonios del pasado
by Salvador Cerezo DíezOrigen histórico de los dichos populares españoles en clave de humor. Esta obra es un homenaje a la verdadera herencia cultural de nuestros antepasados. Es como la historia de la historia reflejada en dichos populares. <P><P>Cuando buscamos los orígenes de por qué se convirtieron en dichos que señalaban futuros hechos que tenían que ver con lo que sucedía, nos damos cuenta de cuáles eran las verdaderas redes sociales de la antigüedad y la fuerza que tuvieron para perdurar a través del tiempo, haciéndose virales y utilizándose incluso hoy en día a pesar de los tiempos que corren y de los modernos medios de difusión para los acontecimientos. <P>La juventud actual corre el riesgo de perderlo por culpa de la electrónica, que ha cambiado los hábitos como el de la sobremesa en familia donde se comunicaban todo tipo de historias y dichos en conversaciones que han sido sustituidas por los móviles, alterando así la forma de conversación.
Testimony: Crises of Witnessing in Literature, Psychoanalysis and History (Relational Perspectives Book Ser.)
by Shoshana Felman Dori LaubIn this unique collection, Yale literary critic Shoshana Felman and psychoanalyst Dori Laub examine the nature and function of memory and the act of witnessing, both in their general relation to the acts of writing and reading, and in their particular relation to the Holocaust. Moving from the literary to the visual, from the artistic to the autobiographical, and from the psychoanalytic to the historical, the book defines for the first time the trauma of the Holocaust as a radical crisis of witnessing "the unprecedented historical occurrence of...an event eliminating its own witness." Through the alternation of a literary and clinical perspective, the authors focus on the henceforth modified relation between knowledge and event, literature and evidence, speech and survival, witnessing and ethics.
Testimony: Found Poems from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (The Griot Project Book Series)
by Shanee StepakoffSierra Leone’s devastating civil war barely caught the attention of Western media, but it raged on for over a decade, bringing misery to millions of people in West Africa from 1991 to 2002. The atrocities committed in this war and the accounts of its survivors were duly recorded by international organizations, but they run the risk of being consigned to dusty historical archives. Derived from public testimonies at a UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Freetown, this remarkable poetry collection aims to breathe new life into the records of Sierra Leone’s civil war, delicately extracting heartbreaking human stories from the morass of legal jargon. By rendering selected trial transcripts in poetic form, Shanee Stepakoff finds a novel way to communicate not only the suffering of Sierra Leone’s people, but also their courage, dignity, and resilience. Her use of innovative literary techniques helps to ensure that the voices of survivors are not forgotten, but rather heard across the world. This volume also includes an introduction that explores how the genre of “found poetry” can serve as a uniquely powerful means through which writers may bear witness to atrocity. This book’s unforgettable excavation and shaping of survivor testimonies opens new possibilities for speaking about the unspeakable.
Testing Criminal Career Theories in British and American Longitudinal Studies (Elements in Criminology)
by David P. Farrington John F. MacLeodMost criminological theories are not truly scientific, since they do not yield exact quantitative predictions of criminal career features, such as the prevalence and frequency of offending at different ages. This Element aims to make progress towards more scientific criminological theories. A simple theory is described, based on measures of the probability of reoffending and the frequency of offending. Three offender categories are identified: high risk/high rate, high risk/low rate, and low risk/low rate. It is demonstrated that this theory accurately predicts key criminal career features in three datasets: in England the Offenders Index (national data), the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (CSDD) and in America the Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS). The theory is then extended in the CSDD and PYS by identifying early risk factors that predict the three categories. Criminological theorists are encouraged to replicate and build on our research to develop scientific theories that yield quantitative predictions.
Testing English-Language Learners in U.S. Schools: Report and Workshop Summary
by Committee on Educational Excellence Testing EquityThe National Academies Press (NAP)--publisher for the National Academies--publishes more than 200 books a year offering the most authoritative views, definitive information, and groundbreaking recommendations on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health. Our books are unique in that they are authored by the nation's leading experts in every scientific field.
Testing Fate: Tay-Sachs Disease and the Right to Be Responsible
by Shelley Z. ReuterIn today&’s world, responsible biocitizenship has become a new way of belonging in society. Individuals are expected to make &“responsible&” medical choices, including the decision to be screened for genetic disease. Paradoxically, we have even come to see ourselves as having the right to be responsible vis-à-vis the proactive mitigation of genetic risk. At the same time, the concept of genetic disease has become a new and powerful way of defining the boundaries between human groups. Tay-Sachs, an autosomal recessive disorder, is a case in point—with origins in the period of Eastern European Jewish immigration to the United States and United Kingdom that spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it has a long and fraught history as a marker of Jewish racial difference. In Testing Fate, Shelley Z. Reuter asks: Can the biocitizen, especially one historically defined as a racialized and pathologized Other, be said to be exercising authentic, free choice in deciding whether to undertake genetic screening? Drawing on a range of historical and contemporary examples—doctors&’ medical reports of Tay-Sachs since the first case was documented in 1881, the medical field&’s construction of Tay-Sachs as a disease of Jewish immigrants, YouTube videos of children with Tay-Sachs that frame the disease as tragic disability avoidable through a simple genetic test, and medical malpractice suits since the test for the disease became available—Reuter shows that true agency in genetic decision-making can be exercised only from a place of cultural inclusion. Choice in this context is in fact a kind of unfreedom—a moral duty to act that is not really agency at all.