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Using crime place networks to understand terrorist attacks: the importance of in-person and online crime-involved places

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 28

🔊 Have you seen our new article? Zdjelar, Linning, Hart and Davies apply crime place networks to analyse extremist violence in "Using crime place networks to understand terrorist attacks: the importance of in-person and online crime-involved places" ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Traditionally, terrorism studies have focused more on why extremist violence occurs and less on how it occurs. This study applies crime place networks, a concept from environmental criminology, to ...

God, guns and sedition: far-right terrorism in America

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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Essential reading for policymakers and professionals in law enforcement, intelligence, and counter-terrorism, as well as scholars of radicalisation, extremism, and political violence."

Grateful to @ibburckhardt.bsky.social and @jpict.bsky.social for the review! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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God, guns and sedition: far-right terrorism in America

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 24

🔊 We have a new review available! @ibburckhardt.bsky.social looks at Hoffman and Ware, "Guns, God and Sedition: Far Right Terrorism In America", finding it "makes significant and timely contributions to theory and strategy in terrorism studies." Link here ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 21

🔊 We delighted to share the first two OPEN ACCESS articles on our new 'Upheaval' series! First up we have @andrewzammit.bsky.social on 'Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook'. Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 21

If you'd like to find out more about our 'Upheaval' series and how to contribute, see our pinned post or read our call for papers here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 21

Next we have Daniel Baldino and Mark Balnaves on 'Rebuilding epistemic authority: strategic transparency and digital ethnography in policing and intelligence'. This article is also open access, read it here! ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 21

🔊 We delighted to share the first two OPEN ACCESS articles on our new 'Upheaval' series! First up we have @andrewzammit.bsky.social on 'Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook'. Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Intelligence, security and the state: reviewing the British intelligence community

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 16

We have two fabulous recent reviews to share! The first is Eleanor Leah Williams on @lucatrenta.bsky.social’s "The President’s Kill List", which she describes as “an impressive contribution to the literature on US covert action” Link here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Fraser McGowan @drmcgowan.bsky.social · Jul 16

I reviewed a collection of documents put together by @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Christopher Murphy. Useful book, deftly edited. You can read the review here, and you may also wish to recommend it to your library and give @jpict.bsky.social a follow on here.

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 16

The second is @drmcgowan.bsky.social on "Intelligence, security and the state" by @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Christopher Murphy. McGowan finds that Lomas and Murphy have both made a sizeable contribution to the source literature and highlighted areas for future research ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Intelligence, security and the state: reviewing the British intelligence community

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Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · Jul 16

Massive thank you @drmcgowan.bsky.social - really appreciate these kind comments, and thank you for taking the time to read it 😀

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 16

The second is @drmcgowan.bsky.social on "Intelligence, security and the state" by @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Christopher Murphy. McGowan finds that Lomas and Murphy have both made a sizeable contribution to the source literature and highlighted areas for future research ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Ideological idiosyncrasies and individual-level radicalisation pathways: unpacking the mutating dynamics of contemporary extremism

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jul 16

We have two fabulous recent reviews to share! The first is Eleanor Leah Williams on @lucatrenta.bsky.social’s "The President’s Kill List", which she describes as “an impressive contribution to the literature on US covert action” Link here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jun 26

In this open access article on contemporary extremism, Jacob Astley argues for adaptive frameworks that engage with the complex interplay of personalised agency, shifting structural conditions, and the fluid architecture of evolving ecosystems. Read here ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The rise of ‘mixed’ forms of extremism, particularly esoteric variations that defy conventional ideological boundaries, presents significant conceptual and regulatory challenges. These non-doctrina...

The official record: oversight, national security and democracy

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jun 24

👊 🇺🇸 🔥 Remember Signalgate? Finn and Ledger’s The Official Record from @manchesterup.bsky.social is ‘an uncannily timely' volume that details these ‘moments where the official, public and historical records have collided' writes @tonycraig.bsky.social in our latest review 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jun 24

👊 🇺🇸 🔥 Remember Signalgate? Finn and Ledger’s The Official Record from @manchesterup.bsky.social is ‘an uncannily timely' volume that details these ‘moments where the official, public and historical records have collided' writes @tonycraig.bsky.social in our latest review 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · Jun 11

50 free copies of this short review from me of Peter Finn and Robert Ledger (eds),The official record: oversight, national security and democracy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... An even shorter review would be 'go read it'.

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Policing white supremacy: The enemy within

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jun 12

Hi Eladio, If you're interested reviewing for us, can you send us a DM or an email to melanie dot brand at mq dot edu dot au? Thank you!

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jun 11

'Mike German and Beth Zasloff’s "Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within" offers a personal perspective and refreshing insight into the nature of US-policing when concerning issues of far-right extremism' writes Michaela Rana in our latest book review, found here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Policing white supremacy: The enemy within

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jun 11

'Mike German and Beth Zasloff’s "Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within" offers a personal perspective and refreshing insight into the nature of US-policing when concerning issues of far-right extremism' writes Michaela Rana in our latest book review, found here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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Violent extremism, gender and power: women's experience under Kahar Muzakar's Darul Islam

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · Jun 10

Any academics interested in reviewing my book about how empire, global migration, and scientific understandings of race shaped the counter-insurgent and surveillance-heavy style of modern policing?

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jun 4

Matthew Guariglia ( @mguariglia.bsky.social), Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York
www.dukeupress.edu/police-and-t...

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Nuri Veronika @nuriveronika.bsky.social · Jun 6

Gender is never about bringing women back into traditional roles. It is about power and control. Read more my fieldwork note published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism. Open access for all.

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · Jun 6

Can we understand extremist organisations without understanding their ideas and practices of gender? #OpenAccess

@nuriveronika.bsky.social shares research notes on gender dynamics and women's lives under Darul Islam in Indonesia.
#extremism #gender👇

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Indonesia has a long history of violent extremist movements, with the emergence of Darul Islam (DI) in 1949, its splintering to Jemaah Islamiyah in the early 2000s, and the emergence of Islamic Sta...