Bioviolence
Preventing Biological Terror and Crime

This book examines the threats and consequences of bioviolence and strategies to help prevent it.

Barry Kellman (Author)

9780521709699, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 10 September 2007

392 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm, 0.6 kg

'The book provides an excellent overview of problems and possible solutions. In that sense, its thoroughness will certainly make it an important reference work. It will also hopefully help awaken policymakers' interest in and make them more knowledgeable of the problems related to bioviolence - a first step towards defeating it.' The International Spectator

Bioviolence is the hostile infliction of disease: our most fundamental terror. Traitors to humanity could inflict vast tolls making everyone potentially vulnerable. Bioviolence is the most realistic way for humanity's traitors to raze the pillars of modern civilization. Too little is being done to prevent bioviolence. While bio-offenders are becoming more focused and organized, prevention policies are vague, gap-ridden, and unsupervised. No other threat presents such severe danger yet such a failure of leadership to reduce risks. The strategy for preventing bioviolence requires a broad international commitment to promote bioscience while understanding its inherent and unavoidable dangers. Bioviolence threats shrink our planet into an interdependent neighborhood. This book explores how global governance should evolve to address challenges of advancing science and technology.

Prologue
Foreword Ronald K. Noble
Introduction
Part I. The Bioviolence Condition and How it Came to Be: 1. Why worry?
2. Methods of bioviolence
3. Who did bioviolence? Who wants to do it?
Part II. The Bioviolence Prevention Strategy: 4. Strategic foundations
5. Complication: what law enforcers should stop
6. Improving resistance through bioscience
7. Public health preparedness
8. International nonproliferation
9. The challenge of global governance
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: International criminal law [LBBZ], Terrorism, armed struggle [JPWL], Politics & government [JP]