Clive Walker et al (eds), Precursor Crimes of Terrorism: The Criminalisation of Terrorism Risk in Comparative Perspective

DOI10.3366/elr.2023.0837
Author
Pages236-237
Date01 May 2021
Published date01 May 2021

Precursor Crimes of Terrorism is a collection of the work of experts from academia and practice, stemming from a 2016 meeting at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Oñati. In the book, their work exploring terrorist offences in western jurisdictions comes together, as they set out to understand, explore, and assess precursor terrorism offences in a comparative account that takes the reader on a journey through theory and practice in Europe and beyond. In doing so, they endeavour to equip readers for deeper reflection on the expansion of criminal liability for the prevention of terrorism, in five parts.

Part I sets the scene of the volume, and introduces its object of enquiry. In chapter 1, the editors outline the aims of the book: to provide a transnational conceptualisation of precursor crimes of terrorism, using an interdisciplinary socio-legal approach drawing on theory and practice, to act as a tool for the assessment of the law’s functions and dangers. In chapter 2, Walker complements this with a concise but comprehensive introduction to precursor terrorism offences, in a scene-setting exploration that outlines why, how, to what ends, and with what outcomes precursor criminalisation has come to prominence in counter-terrorism. The discussion – focused on the UK and connected to history and...

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