Migration, Culture, Conflict, Crime And Terrorism

Fourteen papers were selected for this volume by Freilich (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) and Guerette (Florida International U.) from the third international conference dealing with the topics mentioned in the volume's title (and their interrelationships), held in October 2003 in Istanbul, Turkey. Contributors generally approach their individual topics through the disciplinary lens of criminology. Specific issues discussed include terrorism as politically inspired criminality; comparative legislative and policy developments regarding immigration, security, and civil liberties in the US, Australia, and Canada following the September 11th attacks; attitudes towards violence and delinquent behavior among young Christians and Muslims in Germany; the prison situation of foreigners in Japan; media use and its impacts on crime perception, sentencing attitudes, and crimp policy in Germany; transnational organized crime and trafficking of human beings; an international law perspective on refugees and human rights; the role for situational crime prevention in addressing migrant deaths; domestic violence among immigrant women; and police approaches to domestic violence in India. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Joshua D. Freilich is an Associate Professor in Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA. He is a lead investigator for the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START); a Center of Excellence of the US Department of Homeland Security. Research interests include far-right wing culture, political crime, terrorism, criminological theory and international and comparative criminal justice. His research has been funded by the Department of Homeland Security and his work has appeared in Justice Quarterly, Behavioral Sciences and the Law and the Journal of Criminal Justice. Rob T. Guerette is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Florida International University, USA. He holds a doctorate from Rutgers University-Newark and was a Fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He has worked on various projects including collaborations with the Department of Homeland Security - US Border Patrol and the British Home Office Research Directorate. Research interests include unauthorized immigration and border security, situational crime prevention, problem-oriented policing and public policy related to crime.