Counter-Terrorism Technologies

Introduction: Terrorism as a Threat to Open Societies.- Part 1: Barbarians at the Gates: 'Sinful' Cities.- Actions: The Return of Urban Guerillas.- Reactions: The New (Para-) Military Urbanism.- Consequences: The Urban Space as a (Limited) Battlespace. Part 2: 'Our Silicon Will Win': The Role of Technology in Urban Counter-Terrorism.- Identification: Biometrics, or a Real-Time 'Who is Who'.- Prediction and Postdiction: Real-Time Data Mining and Data Analytics.- Detection: Scanning and 'Sniffing' Technologies.- Surveillance and Observation: The All-Seeing Eye of Big Brother.- Protection: Defensible Spaces.- Threat Displacement Instead of Threat Eradication: Come Concluding Caveats.- Part 3: Brave New Cities: The Law of Unintended Consequences.- The Quest for Silver Bullets: Implications for our Construction of Citizenship.- Archipelagos of Fear: CT Technology and the Securitization of Everyday Life.- Undemocratic Means: The Rise of the Surveillance State.- Democracy Transfigured: The Dawn of the 'Umpire State'.- Outlook: The Need for 'Critical' Critical Infrastructure Studies.

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• Luta contra o terrorismo
• Crime e criminologia
• Sistemas de segurança e alarme contra incêndios

counter-terrorism technology;responding to terrorism;liberal democracy and terrorism;critical terrorism studies;critical infrastructure resilience;critical infrastructure protection;securing open societies;risk assessment and risk management;Defending urban cyberspace