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50 Crime L. & Soc. Change 1 (2008)

handle is hein.journals/crmlsc50 and id is 1 raw text is: Crime Law Soc Change (2008) 50:1-5 DOI 10.1007/s10611-008-9124-6 Community policing in an age of terrorism Peter Grabosky Published online: 28 June 2008 © Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2008 It has become trite, at least in North America, to suggest that the events of September 11, 2001 have changed policing. Such an observation may be somewhat parochial, as the interface of policing and terrorism is hardly unique to the 21st century. Authorities in the United Kingdom have been balancing the challenges of conventional policing and counterterrorism for nearly four decades; the State of Israel for nearly six. Even in the United States, reactions to the late 19th century anarchists and the Red Scare in the aftermath of World War I provided a glimpse of things to come. Nevertheless, the mobilization of criminal justice institutions in western democracies in response to numerous terrorist incidents that have occurred over the past decade certainly constitutes a significant development. How governments should organize to prevent and control terrorism, and the appropriate role of police to this end, are the dominant themes of this Special Issue. For most citizens of western industrial democracies, the likelihood of being killed or injured in a terrorist attack remains very small. Actuarially speaking, the risks of death or injury in motor vehicle accidents, or from lifestyle-related diseases, are much, much greater. Nevertheless, the few catastrophic incidents that have occurred, and the very real possibility that someone, somewhere, is planning incidents of comparable magnitude, have elevated counterterrorism high on the policy agenda. The fundamental issue raised by the ascendancy of counterterrorism policy can be summarized in the question, At what price? The fiscal crisis that besets all but oil- rich nations nowadays means that money doesn't grow on trees, and that funds spent on counterterrorism are not available to spend on emergency accommodation for victims of spouse abuse or a range of other worthwhile government services. No less significant are the tradeoffs that defy quantification: how much freedom of movement, freedom of expression, freedom of association, and privacy in general P. Grabosky (E) Australian National University, Canberra, Australia e-mail: Peter.Grabosky@anu.edu.au e Springer

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