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THEMED SECTION: TERRORISM

Researching and understanding terrorism: a role for criminology?

Pete Fussey and Anthony Richards outline the development of terrorism studies as an academic discipline and consider what criminological approaches may have to offer understanding terrorism.

Pages 37-39 | Published online: 07 Apr 2011

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