The Prevention of Terrorism Act: Normalising the Politics of Repression

Sim, Joe; Thomas, Philip

doi:10.2307/1410001

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“…The repetition of historical experiences and the refusal to learn lessons from past experiences leads him to describe the current strategy as farcical in the Marxist sense (Hillyard, 2005). Sim and Thomas (1983) support Hillyard's assertion with regard to the delegitimization and criminalization of the Irish community through this legislation.…”

Section: Consequences Of the Construction Of A Suspect Communitysupporting

confidence: 52%

Creating suspect communities: Exploring the use of exclusion orders in Northern Ireland

Doody

2012

Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression

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Section: Consequences Of the Construction Of A Suspect Communitysupporting

confidence: 52%

Creating suspect communities: Exploring the use of exclusion orders in Northern Ireland

Doody

2012

Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression

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“…Finally, we note that risk management practices and the rationales which support them have the potential of influencing regular crime control policies. Sim and Thomas (1983) made the claim that increased power awarded to the police or to other control agencies to deal with situations defined as extremely dangerous has the potential of being subsumed within everyday law enforcement practices. They predicted that emergency powers will be normalized and become standard and unexceptional (1983: 75).…”

Section: Discussion: Terrorism and Risk Managementmentioning

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Terrorism and risk management

Ajzenstadt

Ariel

2008

Punishment & Society

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Throughout the past few decades, Israel has developed a set of legal, criminal justice and other law enforcement initiatives under the broad category of 'counter-terrorism policy'. This policy attempts both to separate and manage more effectively a group of suspected and accused terrorists. This article utilizes the New Penology perspective to trace the ways in which notions of risk and dangerousness are embedded in the counter-terrorism discourse and practices developed in Israel. Additionally, this article analyzes various initiatives and, in particular, laws and the institutional mechanism that administrate the management of risk posed by terrorist groups. Our analysis reveals how such initiatives and their enforcement are legitimized and grounded in a single discourse embedded with the socially and politically constructed notions of 'dangerousness', 'risk assessment' and 'security'.

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“…Although these types of attacks are rare, they are crucial to the normalization of repressive state interventions within the field of security (cf. Flyghed 2002;Sim and Thomas 1983).…”

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The Spectrum of Repression: Swedish Muslims’ Experiences of Anti-terrorism Measures

Mulinari

2019

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In this qualitative study, I examine, through the lens of repression, Swedish Muslims' experiences of being targeted by authorities in the latter's attempts to prevent terrorism. In an effort to comprehend the full force of this repression-as coercion in its physical and violent sense, but also in its more subtle and consensual forms-I interweave various Marxist and postcolonial perspectives. The study discusses internal aspects of repression, as well as its external qualities, expanding our understanding of how repression occurs between bodies and within society. I develop the concept of "repressive consent" as a means of grasping situations in which people are influenced to undertake activities against their will. Empirically, the article focuses on experiences of disproportionate security controls and encounters with the Swedish Security Service (Säpo). The material reveals both painful and everyday consequences. For some individuals, becoming a target in the War on Terror may have, as the informants of the study indicate, devastating consequences; for others, it may feel like a friendly chat.

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The Prevention of Terrorism Act: Normalising the Politics of Repression

Cited by 17 publications

References 1 publication

Creating suspect communities: Exploring the use of exclusion orders in Northern Ireland

Creating suspect communities: Exploring the use of exclusion orders in Northern Ireland

Terrorism and risk management

The Spectrum of Repression: Swedish Muslims’ Experiences of Anti-terrorism Measures

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