AIRCRAFT HIJACKING - WHAT IS BEING DONE (FROM INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND POLITICAL CRIMES, 1975, BY M C BASSIOUNI - SEE NCJ-27895)

• NCJ Number: 27901
• Author(s): A E EVANS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 29 pages
• Corporate Author: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINES THE PROBLEM OF INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT HIJACKING AND STEPS TAKEN TO DEAL WITH IT.

Abstract

COMMENTS ARE FIRST MADE ON THE INCIDENCE OF AIRCRAFT HIJACKING AND AVAILABLE STATISTICS ON THE SUBJECT, FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF AIRCRAFT HIJACKING AND CHANGING RESPONSE TO ITS INCIDENCE. THE AUTHOR THEN DISCUSSES HIJACKING LAWS AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT AND LEGAL PROBLEM OF HIJACKING.