Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering, Analysis, and Investigations [Hardcover]

Michael R. Ronczkowski (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0849320127 | ISBN-13: 978-0849320125 | Publication Date: September 25, 2003 | Edition: 1

In response to the current terrorist threat, law enforcement agencies at every level have expanded technological and intelligence-gathering initiatives in order to support new tactical, investigative and deployment strategies. The demand for homeland security requires that agencies hire professional and specially-trained criminal and intelligence analysts to find and pre-empt any potential threat.

Agencies must now determine how to train these analysts and properly identify and respond to critical intelligence. Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering, Analysis, and Investigations provides a framework for exploring the issues that all new or existing analysts and investigators must face, including what information to gather, how to analyze it, and the effectiveness of crime analysts investigating terrorism.

Training in proactive analytical-based investigation has been around for less than thirty years. Events now mandate that unavoidable importance of understanding "terrorism analysis." This expert overview provides the crucial foundation of criminal intelligence gathering and analysis and defines the nature of terrorism and its practitioners, subjects of vital importance if local agencies are to play an effective role in the battle against terror.

Editorial Reviews

Review

I have witnessed an emphasis on agencies hiring, training, and even certifying analytical personnel to address homeland security, terrorism and organized hate crime. The problem has been the lack of materials applicable to law enforcement. That was until Mr. Ronczkowski penned this book. I congratulate him.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (September 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849320127
• ISBN-13: 978-0849320125
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #419,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Major (honorably retired as of April 2010) Michael Ronczkowski served the citizens of Miami-Dade County Florida and Miami-Dade Police Department for nearly 27 years. He rose through all the Civil Service Ranks serving as a Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain before his appointment to Major in the spring of 2006. His assignments consisted of 19 years of investigations to include; burglary, auto theft, assault, robbery, fugitives and homeland security which included the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

Major Ronczkowski retired after serving four years as the Department's Homeland Security Bureau Commander and Director of the Miami-Dade Fusion Center a DHS recognized center that he initiated. He commanded and managed 80 multi-discipline personnel on homeland security and terrorism-related investigations at the Fusion Center which served South Florida. Major Ronczkowski also served as the Chair of the County's Terrorism Advisory Committee (TAC), member of the Southeast Regional Domestic Security Task Force (SERDSTF), Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Program and Urban Area Work Group (UAWG) board member for Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, and Major Cities Chiefs Association Intelligence Commanders Group advisor. He also maintained high level national security clearances and credentials with the Miami Office of the FBI JTTF. Major Ronczkowski has testified before both the U.S. Senate and Congress on matters related to Islamic Extremism and Emergency Response.

Major Ronczkowski holds a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University as well as being a graduate of the FBI's National Academy, Session 217. He is the author of several publications to include two text books published with CRC Press titled Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime and co-author of the article Tactical / Investigative Analysis of Targeted Crimes, published by the National Institute of Justice in the Advanced Crime Mapping Topics book sponsored by the Crime Mapping and Analysis Program as well as three contributing articles for various encyclopedias. Major Ronczkowski is also an established instructor on matters related to homeland security, intelligence, analysis, and a certified GIS instructor with ESRI. He served eight years as an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University teaching terrorism and has been an instructor for the Alpha Group Center for Crime and Intelligence Analysis for nearly 10 years.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CJ Student's Perception of Book, November 11, 2003

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Kymberleigh Lamson (FT. LAUDERDALE, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering, Analysis, and Investigations (Hardcover)

Captain Ronczkowski brings new meaning to reading with this book. I am a student in his Terrorism class and this book has depicted and described what Terrorism really is. Before taking his class and reading his book my views and understanding of Terrorism was limited. Thanks to his dedication as a Law Enforcement Officer, Teacher and Author this book will open the eyes of those who read it. Thanks Captain!!

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Former Director, October 14, 2003

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This review is from: Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering, Analysis, and Investigations (Hardcover)

"I have witnessed an emphasis on agencies hiring, training, and even certifying analytical personnel to address homeland security, terrorism, and organized hate crime. The problem has been the lack of materials applicable to law enforcement. That was until Mr. Ronczkowski penned this book. I congratulate him."

Eduardo Gonzalez (Commission Secretary for CALEA and Director United States Marshal's Service 1993-1999)

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great topic, but... 2.5 stars, May 23, 2009

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Flemines - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering, Analysis and Investigations, Second Edition (Hardcover)

I'd rather give this book 2.5 stars, but I don't have that option. I started off with three, but as I started to write out my criticism, I realized that three stars would be too generous.

While I appreciate what the author is trying to do with this book, this may be a case of trying to cover too much ground in a condensed work. The author provides an introduction to terrorist groups, various analytic methods, and touches on gangs and religiously-motivated extremism. Unfortunately, the broad brush approach isn't properly focuses. The author makes generalizations that can be misleading while skipping over more important information.

I've been searching for other honest reviews of this book and find it hard to believe that everyone truly rates this as five stars. Perhaps I'm not reading this book correctly, but there were many times where it seems the author contradicts himself within the same paragraph. I noticed that there is not an editor listed for this book and I believe that this may in fact be the main issue I have with the book... someone should be pushing to reorganize all of the information laid out and ask the author to clarify his points.