Joshua Sinai offers a good review in the Washington Times of Terrorism
in America.
Several mass casualty attacks have occurred in the United States
over the past several years by ideologically extremist domestic terrorists.
These include the shooting rampages by ISIS adherent Omar Mateen at the Pulse
Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, (49 killed, 53 wounded), and
by the virulent anti-Semitic Robert Bowers against congregants at the Tree of
Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 27, 2018, (11 killed and
six wounded). In another type of domestic terrorist attack, Cesar Sayoc was
arrested in Plantation, Florida, on Oct. 26, 2018, for allegedly mailing more
than a dozen improvised homemade package bombs to his perceived liberal
adversaries, including CNN (no casualties).
What are the factors that motivate such ideologically divergent
American-based terrorists to carry out their violent attacks against their
adversaries? Are they part of organized terrorist groups or lone actors? What
are future trends we can expect in the domestic terrorist threat and what are
effective response measures to defeat them?
These questions are addressed in “Terrorism in America.”
Although it’s an academic book with lots of academic theories by its eight
contributors, its coverage from a criminological perspective of this subject is
so insightful and detailed that it will also appeal to a broader audience that
seeks to understand the magnitude of the domestic terrorist threats facing
America.
You Can read the rest of the review via the below link:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/22/book-review-terrorism-in-america-edited-by-robin-m/
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