Reviews and commentary

Running From Sin to Sainthood

Philip Agee: On The Run Lyle Stuart, Inc., Secaucus, NJ., 1987, 400 p., $19.95.

Industrial Intelligence, Once Over Lightly

Norman R. Bottom, Jr. and Robert R. J. Gallati: Industrial Espionage: Intelligence Techniques and Countermeasures Butterworth Publishers, Boston, 1984, 322 p. $25.95.

Deep Black and Shades of Gray

William E. Burrows: Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security Random House, New York, 1987, 401 p., $19.95.

The Affair Behind the Affair

Phillip Knightley and Caroline Kennedy: An Affair of State: The Profumo Case and the Framing of Stephen Ward Atheneum, New York, 1987, 268 p., $18.95.

Double the Agent Double the Pleasure

Juan Pujol, with Nigel West: Garbo: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Double Agent in World War II Random House, New York, 1986,205 p., $17.95.

How Sweet Revenge

Peter Wright with Paul Greengrass: Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer Viking, New York, 1987, 345 p., $18.95.

A Fresh Look at Bulgarian Intelligence

Vladimir Rostov: Le Parapluie Bulgare Editions Stock, Paris, 1986, 236 p., 85 Fr. fr.

French Intelligence Services: A View from the Top

Christine Ockrent and Alexandre de Marenches (Comte de Marenches): Dans le secret des princes Stock, Paris, 1986, 342 p., 98 Fr. fr.     

The law and practice in maritime boundary delimitation: lessons for the resolution of dispute between Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana

Definitions of terrorism in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries tend to provide that behaviour can constitute terrorism only if it is politically, religiously or ideologically motivated. Critics argue that this complicates prosecutions, distorts trials, and encourages racial profiling. Defenders argue that the requirement helps yield a definition which corresponds to common understandings of what terrorism entails, and limits the danger of terrorism‐related powers being abused. Part 1 of this article examines the antecedents of the requirement, part 2 examines its legal significance, and part 3 argues that it is unnecessary and undesirable. While many of the criticisms of the motivation requirement are either unpersuasive or exaggerated, defences of the requirement are not altogether convincing. While the requirement excludes from the definition some behaviour which ought not be treated as terrorism, it also excludes some socially dangerous activities which should be.     

Yoga and restorative justice in prison: An experience of “response‐ability to harms”

Divisions within the contemporary restorative justice movement in the US often manifest in one state‐supported model: balanced and restorative justice (BARJ). Paul McCold, in this symposium frames the problem with BARJ as one of a corruption of restorative justice principles by its foundation in community justice. This article suggests that BARJ and McCold’s critique share a neglect of the transformative potential of restorative justice for realizing social and economic justice. Moreover, recent experience indicates that BARJ policy planning can take place in a way supportive of Social Equity Restorative Justice (SERJ). The time appears opportune for some peacemaking within the movement.     

The endorsement of cognitive distortions: comparing child pornography offenders and contact sex offenders

This study examined the endorsement of cognitive distortions in child pornography offenders (CPOs), using an established assessment tool, the Abel and Becker Cognition Scale. The scale was expanded to include cognitions specific to child pornography offending, extracted from Howitt and Sheldon's Children and Sexual Activities Inventory (C&SA). Three samples of CPOs, child sex offenders and offenders with both offence types responded to the cognition items. An exploratory Principal Component Analysis suggested six main components of the scale. CPOs were significantly less likely to endorse these statements in general, and this was more pronounced on items that project blame onto the child or other people, describe a need for power and consider children as sexually active. The statements extracted from C&SA did not differentiate between the groups. These findings are discussed under consideration of the relationship between cognitive distortions and contact sex offending, and in reference to the general criticism concerning the definition and appropriate measurement of cognitive distortions.     

Retributivism and Over-Punishment

Law and Philosophy - Lately it has become a commonplace to complain about the injustice of mass incarceration. I share the sentiment that this phenomenon has been an injustice. But it also has...