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Dataveillance and Terrorism: Swamps, Haystacks and the Eye of Providence

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Routledge Handbook of Law and Terrorism, Pages: 147 - 162

Swansea University Author: Stuart Macdonald Orcid Logo

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In today’s pre-crime society it is easy to understand the appeal of a technology that promises to identify terrorist plots and stop attacks before they happen – even when the would-be perpetrators have never previously attracted the attention of the authorities or aroused any suspicion (unknown unkn...

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Published in: Routledge Handbook of Law and Terrorism
Published: Abingdon Routledge 2015
Online Access: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415870375/
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