Synopses & Reviews
The legalities of particular religious practices depend on many factors, such as the type of occult or religious activity, the current laws, and the intention of the individual practitioner. Written by the director of the Institute for the Research of Organized and Ritual Violence, Investigating Religious Terrorism and Ritualistic Crimes is the first complete resource to assist in crime scene identification, criminal investigation, and prosecution of religious terrorism and occult crime. It analyzes occult and religious terrorist practices from each group's theological perspective to help you understand traditional and contemporary occult groups and domestic and international terrorist religions, demarcate legal religious practice from criminal activity, and acquire techniques specific to occult and terrorist religion crime scene investigation.
Synopsis
Investigating Religious Terrorism and Ritualistic Crimes provides law enforcement investigators and forensic scientists with a complete resource manual to assist in crime scene identification, criminal investigation, and prosecution of religious terrorism and occult crime. It begins with a review of contemporary religious violence, including categories of religious groups, controversial issues, and investigatory advantages of understanding religious practices. Then the book details domestic and international terrorist religions, with a complete chapter covering Islamic fundamental extremists. It also describes the practices and belief systems of various occult religions.