Citizens Crime Commission of New York City

A non-partisan non-profit organization working to make criminal justice
and public safety policies and practices more effective through innovation,
research, and education.

COUNTER-TERRORISM
Overview | Domestic Terrorism | Strategies and Challenges

The Crime Commission brings together leading experts to examine effective methods to combat terrorism and explore the challenges encountered.

The Crime Commission seeks to inform and support the need for a multi-pronged approach to counter-terrorism efforts that will ensure the security of Americans in the 21st century.

Domestic Terrorism Incidents Post-9/11
Since September 11th, 2001 there have been 100 incidents of "home-grown" or domestic terrorism in the United States. To provide a valuable resource on this topic, the Crime Commission has compiled an extensive database of incidents including attacks, plots, support for, membership in, or connections with a terrorist organization. While information about terrorist incidents are available elsewhere, both on and off the Internet, the Crime Commission's database is unique in providing a centralized, concise, user-friendly, and visually engaging informational resource on domestic terrorism. We will continue to add new incidents as they occur, while also monitoring previous incidents to report on the latest developments as warranted. read more »

Coming Soon
Counter-Terrorism Research Project
In order to disseminate the views of our speakers as widely as possible, the Crime Commission is in the process of compiling and analyzing the speeches from our Speaker Series and related thinking in a book. This book will provide an in-depth overview of current thinking on terrorism issues.

Counter-Terrorism: Strategies and Challenges
To effectively combat terrorism, the Crime Commission believes state, local and federal governments, military, law enforcement, and the business sector must overcome their traditional reluctance to share information beyond their own agencies. Further, we must also look internationally for new ideas and solutions. To facilitate this exchange, the Crime Commission invites leading experts in the field of counter-terrorism to present on effective methods to combat terrorism and to explore the challenges they have encountered. read more »

In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the focus of law enforcement officials, both in New York City and nationwide, shifted dramatically towards the decisive question of how to prevent further terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.

Neither terrorism nor crime has any respect for municipal boundaries. To be effective today, the state, local and federal governments, military, law enforcement, and business sectors must overcome their traditional reluctance to share information beyond their own borders to an unprecedented degree.

Of particular interest to the Crime Commission are: state, local and federal coordination of counterterrorism initiatives; the intersection of law enforcement and business community counterterrorism efforts; and ensuring that public safety forces of New York City have adequate training, equipment, funding and management to carry out their tasks.