Terrorist act as crisis situation: Challenge for investigators

Abstract

Terrorism presents a greater threat to national and transnational security today than it has presented at any time in history. Authors outline the most important issues regarding investigating contemporary terrorism. They argue that smart organization of investigation process in crisis situations caused by terrorism is critical for the effective implementation of investigation plan. The plan reflects all the elements of the case, defines investigation team and serves as a guide for resources use (human, technical, information). If we observe the investigation as a process, a case does not end by solving crisis because managers must bear in mind the long-term aspects of everything carried out during the investigation. An adequate organization enables investigation to be analyzed in objective way with minimizing possibilities for errors. It is important that managers value the ideas based on their content and not the origin and the effect it has on the team.

Terorizam predstavlja veliku pretnju nacionalnoj i međunarodnoj bezbednosti danas više nego ikada u dosadašnjoj istoriji. Autori navode najznačajnije probleme vezane za istraživanje savremenog terorizma. Oni smatraju da je dobra organizacija kritična za efikasnu primenu plana istrage. Plan odražava elemente slučaja, ustanovljava tim potreban za rad na slučaju, te služi kao vodič za primenu resursa (ljudskih, tehničkih, informacionih). Kada istragu posmatramo kao proces, slučaj ne završava razrešenjem krize, jer menadžeri moraju imati na umu dugoročne aspekte svega što je učinjeno za vreme istrage, a adekvatna organizacija dozvoljava da sprovođenje istrage bude analizirano na objektivan način, uz smanjenje mogućnosti za greške. Važno je da menadžeri mere vrednost ideje po sadržaju, a ne poreklu, jer je dobar deo vrednosti neke ideje zasnovan na tome kakav učinak ima na misiju tima.