This book explores the success and failures of the Prevent strategy, which was developed by the UK Government to help stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It provides a holistic overview of the policy's formation, delivery and impact on Muslim communities.

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University of Lincoln, UK

Joshua J. Skoczylis

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Joshua Skoczylis is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Lincoln, UK.

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Book Title: The Local Prevention of Terrorism
Book Subtitle: Strategy and Practice in the Fight Against Terrorism
Authors: Joshua J. Skoczylis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137499011
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49900-4Published: 24 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49901-1Published: 08 September 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 235
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Organized Crime, Crime and Society, Terrorism and Political Violence, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Sociology, general

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Concepts and Tensions Affecting Prevent

Is CONTEST Innovative? Counter-Terrorism and Prevent

The National Implementation of Prevent

Prevent and Its Local Professional Delivery

Local Communities and Prevent

Conclusion

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