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Introduction: Counter-Terrorism and the ‘Contagion Thesis’

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This chapter outlines the motivation for the research, which arose from concerns about the impact of counter-terrorism on the direction of travel of the criminal justice system more broadly, and in particular a perceived lacuna in the criminological literature concerning the influence of counter-terrorism on European crime control policy. It also operationalises the ‘contagion’ concept as it is examined in the book and provides a justification for the three case studies selected, namely, the UK, France and Poland. The chapter concludes with an outline of the plan of the book.

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    See, for example, the case of Ahmed H, who was found guilty of involvement in an ‘act of terror’ after he threw some stones at the Hungarian border after police fenced off the crossing with Serbia. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. See: https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/ahmed-h/.

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Hamilton, C. (2019). Introduction: Counter-Terrorism and the ‘Contagion Thesis’. In: Contagion, Counter-Terrorism and Criminology. Crime Prevention and Security Management. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12322-2_1

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