Andrew Staniforth - The Routledge Companion to UK Counter-Terrorism

The United Kingdom has long been an island under siege from terrorists who believe they can advance their aims through acts of violence. Protecting the public from the excesses of extremism remains the primary responsibility of government. For over a century agencies of the state have prevented terrorist atrocities and have pursued those who wish to destroy the United Kingdom's free and democratic way of life. Yet, despite developing one of the world's most sophisticated security architectures, successful terrorist attacks have occurred with alarming regularity.

For the very first time, this new volume explores the evolution of counter-terrorism practice in the United Kingdom, brought to life with dramatic case studies and personal insider accounts provided by leading policy makers, prosecutors and counter-terrorism practitioners who openly reveal the challenges and operational reality of countering contemporary terrorist threats. From the Troubles in Northern Ireland to the al Qa'ida inspired genre of international terrorism, this volume plots the trajectory of counter-terrorism policy and practice exploring the events that have served to change the course of civil protection.

This unique title is enriched by leading academic perspectives providing analysis of counter-terrorism responses and identifies lessons to be learned from the past, the present, as well as exploring the terrorist threats of the future to be tackled by the next generation of counter-terrorism practitioners. This accessible and authoritative volume is required reading for all in authority and academia who are concerned with national security, counter-terrorism and the law, as well as those with a vested interest in the preservation of human rights, the protection of civil liberties and democracy itself.

Andrew Staniforth is a serving counter-terrorism police practitioner at the North East Counter Terrorism Unit and Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Terrorism, Intelligence, Resilience & Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC). He is author of the Blackstone's Counter-Terrorism Handbook (Oxford University Press, 2009, 2010 and 2013) and the Blackstone's Handbook of Ports & Borders Security (Oxford University Press, 2013).

Fraser Sampson is Chief Executive and Solicitor for the West Yorkshire Police Authority. He was the founding author of Blackstone's Police Manuals (Oxford University Press, 2009) and Blackstone's Preparing for Police Duty (Oxford University Press, 2010) and is the editor of Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook. Fraser is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds Centre for Criminal Justice Studies and an Associate of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research as well as being the Chair of the Association for Policing and Crime Chief Executives. He has written and spoken widely on the subject of police law and governance and is a recognised authority in this area.

Andrew Staniforth is an unsung hero of contemporary counter-terrorism. In this timely volume that fills a lacuna in counter-terrorism literature, he provides a compelling and comprehensive account of the evolution of counter-terrorism practice in the United Kingdom. Enriched by his practitioner's perspective, this volume is an important contribution to understanding counter-terrorism and is required reading for all in authority who are concerned with protecting our nation's security from the excesses of terrorism and violent extremism.

Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE, QC

Andrew Staniforth has produced an authoritative and accessible guide, the reading of which shall assist those now charged with managing the terrorist threat today and in the future.

Professor Sir David Omand GCB

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Routledge companion to UK counter-terrorism / edited by Andrew Staniforth

and Fraser Sampson. 1st ed.

p. cm.

1. TerrorismGreat BritainPrevention. 2. Intelligence serviceGreat Britain.

I. Staniforth, Andrew. II. Sampson, Fraser.

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Professor Babak Akhgar is Professor of Informatics and Fellow of the British Computer Society at Sheffield Hallam University. He has 100 referred publications in international journals and conferences including his most recent book, Intelligence Management: Knowledge Driven Frameworks for combating terrorism and organised crime (Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing) (Springer 2011). Professor Akhgar is Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence of Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organized Crime Research (CENTRIC). He is a member of the editorial board of three international journals, Chair and programme committee member of several international conferences on Knowledge Management, Security and Terrorism. He has extensive hands-on experience in the management and execution of large international security initiatives concerning combating terrorism, organised crime, cyber security, public order and cross cultural ideology polarisation. Professor Akhgar has an established network of collaborators in various academic and law enforcement agencies locally, nationally and internationally. The impact of his research on e-security, manifested in a multi-lingual portal for business crime reduction, and his research on combating organised crime and terrorism led to the creation of an international research project with leading European law enforcement partners and Europol.

Jawaid Akhtar QPM was born in Pakistan where he spent his early years. On arriving in the UK in 1967 he settled in Huddersfield and went on to complete a BSc(Hons) degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Salford. Jawaid joined the West Yorkshire Police in 1982 under the Graduate Entry Scheme and his first posting was to his home town of Hudders-field. He went on to serve in various other Divisions working mainly in uniform. He joined the Superintending ranks when in 1997 he was promoted to Superintendent and took over as Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) in the Discipline and Complaints Department before taking his first Divisional Command at Halifax in 1998. In May 2000 he was appointed as the SIO to lead a Police Complaints Authority-supervised enquiry into the death of a football fan who had been trampled to death by a police horse in South Yorkshire. In 2002 Jawaid was selected to attend the Strategic Command Course at the Police Staff College, Bramshill. He successfully completed the course in 2003. Following a short period as Divisional Commander at Bradford South he was appointed as Assistant Chief Constable in December 2004 and currently holds the Specialist Crime portfolio. He has responsibility for the North East Counter Terrorism Unit, Crime Division and the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team. Jawaid was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Police Service in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2011. He speaks fluent Punjabi and Urdu.