This book seeks to examine this process via a detailed empirical exploration of the impact of
counter-terrorism measures on the criminal justice systems of three selected EU countries with
varying histories and experience of terrorism namely the UK France and Poland. In the
burgeoning criminological literature on security risk and preventive justice that has followed
the 9 11 attacks concerns have regularly been expressed about the 'contagion' or normalising
effects of counter-terrorist law and its migration to other areas of the criminal law. This
book particularly explores the synergistic relationship between counter-terrorism measures and
control measures aimed at 'ordinary' crimes. It probes the hegemonic power of terrorism and the
securitisation agenda more generally and discusses the implications for criminology as a
discipline - does it for example have a role in social contestation of contagion? This book
will be suitable for academics and students interested in political violence terrorism and
counter-terrorism as well as practitioners and experts working in the area.
