| 书目名称 | Counter-Terrorism Technologies |
| 副标题 | A Critical Assessmen |
| 编辑 | Peter Lehr |
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| 概述 | Poses the highly topical question of how to protect our cities in the light of AQ/Daesh attacks.Provides a critical reflection of what counter-terrorism technologies mean for our open societies.Presen |
| 丛书名称 | Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications |
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| 描述 | .This book critically discusses the role of technology for counter-terrorism in general, and for securing our vulnerable open societies in particular. It is set against the backdrop of the terrorist threat posed by the combined forces of Al Qaeda and ISIS/Daesh in the foreseeable future. .The book commences by illuminating current and foreseeable tactics and weapons used by these implacable enemies – weapons that may well include chemical, biological, radiological and potentially even nuclear (CBRN) devices. In a second part, it introduces technologies already available or in development that promise an increase in safety and security when it comes to the dangers posed by these terrorists. This part also includes a critical discussion of advantages and disadvantages of such technologies that are, quite often, sold as a ‘silver bullet’ approach in the fight against terrorism. Controversies such as those triggered by the abuse of millimeter wave scanners deployed at severalWestern European airports will demonstrate that there are costs involved with regard to human rights. The third, analytical part takes the critical discussion further by arguing that the uncritical fielding of new |
| 出版日期 | Book 2019 |
| 关键词 | counter-terrorism technology; responding to terrorism; liberal democracy and terrorism; critical terror |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90924-0 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-08132-4 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-90924-0Series ISSN 1613-5113 Series E-ISSN 2363-9466 |
| issn_series | 1613-5113 |
| copyright | Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 |
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