In this essay I will provide a case study of policing and terrorism in relation to policing and the terrorist attacks and movements that affected the UK. Firstly, I will consider theoretical perspectives of terrorism and policing and draw on research by Richard English {2009) and other scholars. Next I will outline the principles and ethical issues of policing in regards to terrorism referring back to terrorist attacks such as 9/11 attacks on the world trade centre, 7/7 attacks in London and how terrorist attacks forced the evolvement of policies, the change of governance perspectives and how it affected police officers in the UK; reflecting back on their experience. In conclusion I will explain how my case study also relates to other policing …show more content…
The third error is that terrorists are those engaged in criminal or anti-social behaviour, however terrorists themselves don’t see themselves in that way, but rather believe themselves to be legitimate and ordered by religious authorities or community leaders, which make the difference between themselves and criminals as their action are for selfless goals and promote the goals through violence. The perspectives of policing on terrorism are often misconceptions and actions to tackle terrorism often backfire and can sometimes lead to evolve and promote terrorists/terrorist …show more content…
Their aim is to not just be concerned over the immediate threat but also the long term factors that allow terrorist activities/groups to grow. The main Policies regarding terrorism in the UK are, Terrorism Act 2000, Terrorism of Freedoms Act 2012 and Terrorism Preventions and Investigations Measures Act 2011. The Terrorism Act 2000 provides the legal standing for prosecuting terrorists and proscribing organisations, for example the policing system prevents activities operating and taking place as well as preventing it from entering the country through the borders. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012re-assessed the stop and search powers (which is known as “section 44”) and made changes to make it more fair and strict and give it more specific powers. The new powers enable officers to protect by making sure that there are secure safeguards to prevent the return of high number of stop and searches without any reason or suspicion. The Protection of Freedom Act 2012 also made changes to the period of time on how long a terrorist suspect could be detained for before they are to be charged or released; it reduced the maximum to 14 days from 28 days, making it more of a less intrusive