Module Descriptor

E2 – COUNTER-TERRORISM

(Optional)

Class Contact Hours: 28 Study Hours: 72

Total Notional Learning Hours: 100 Credit Weighting: 10

Assessment Method

2 hour exam (60%)

2000 word individual assignment (40%)

Module Aim

The aim of the module is to enable students to develop a clear understanding of the
ethical management of counter-terrorism in the preparation, response and recovery
phases. It is intended to encourage multi - disciplinary and multi-agency working in
difficult conditions, in accordance with the international principles that protect and
preserve human rights.

Syllabus/Curriculum

 The terrorism cycle.

 The law relating to terrorism in the UK, with reference to international law.
 The role of the governments and the various key agencies in the fight against
terrorism.
 The ethical role of law enforcement in deterring, disrupting and detecting the
terrorists against the backdrop of working with diverse communities.
 Integrated planning, training and exercising.
 Protecting key infrastructures and the role of business, commerce and the
community.
 Managing the scene of a terrorist incident, including one involving CBRNE.
 Case studies
 An exercise.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module the student will be able to:

 Identify the various functions to be carried out in each phase of the terrorism
 cycle.
 Assess and discuss the various actions to be taken and by whom, to deter,
disrupt and detect acts of terrorism.
 Analyse the law relating to terrorism in the UK and conduct international
comparative analysis.
 Design a plan against a potential terrorist threat and demonstrate its
effectiveness when applied to a simulated, tabletop terrorist incident.

Indicative Reading
 Hoffman, Inside Terrorism, Columbia University Press, 2006
 Cronin and Ludes, Attacking terrorism: Elements of a grand strategy,
Georgetown University Press, 2004
 Howard and Sawyer, Terrorism and Counter terrorism: Understanding the New
Security Environment: Readings and Interpretations, Guilford, CT., McGraw-
Hill/Dushkin, 2003
 Howard and Sawyer, Defeating Terrorism: Shaping the New Security
Environment, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2004
 Alexander, Combating Terrorism: Strategies of Ten Countries, University of
Michigan Press, 2002.
 Chandler & Gunaratna, Countering Terrorism, Reaktion Books, 2007.