Policing Terrorism, Crime Control, and Police-Community Relations

Introduction and Study Context.- Terrorist Threats and Police Performance.- Police Involvement in Counterterrorism and Public Attitudes Toward the Police.- The Effects of Security Threats on the Antecedents of Police Legitimacy.- How Do Majority Communities View the Potential Costs of Policing Terrorism.- Policing Terrorism from the Perspective of the Arab Minority.- How Does the Israel National Police Perceive Its Role in Counterterrorism and the Potential Outcomes.- Summary and Conclusions.

Tal Jonathan-Zamir received her B.A. in Social Sciences from Bar-Ilan University in 2002, and her M.Sc. in "Psychology and Investigations" from the Center for Investigative Psychology at the University of Liverpool, UK, in 2003. After returning to Israel, Tal began her doctoral studies at the Institute of Criminology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, under the supervision of Prof. David Weisburd. In 2010 Tal began her post-doc as a Fulbright research affiliate at George Mason University, Virginia. In September 2011 Tal began her appointment as a lecturer at the Institute of Criminology. Her main research interests include police-community relationships and public attitudes toward the police, legitimacy and procedural justice, policing terrorism and its implications, and Systematic Social Observations. David Weisburd is the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law and Criminal Justice and Director of the Institute of Criminology, and Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Police Foundation, and Chair of its Research Advisory Committee. Professor Weisburd is an elected Fellow of the American Society of Criminology and of the Academy of Experimental Criminology. Professor Weisburd is editor of the Journal of Quantitative Criminology (Springer) and serves on a number of journal editorial boards including Criminology, the Journal of Crime and Delinquency, and the Journal of Quantitative Criminology. In 2010 Professor Weisburd was the recipient of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, and also the Minister's Prize for Distinguished Immigrant Scientists.