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AMERICAN HISTORY / CRIME

FORTHCOMING Crimes of

Modern American the Centuries
Extremism and Notorious Crimes,
Criminals, and
Domestic Terrorism Criminal Trials in

An Encyclopedia of American History
Extremists and 3 VOLUMES | STEVEN CHERMAK
Extremist Groups AND FRANKIE Y. BAILEY, EDITORS

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BARRY J. BALLECK, PhD, is professor and chair of the STEVEN CHERMAK, PhD, is a professor in the school of
Department of Political Science and International Studies at criminal justice at Michigan State University and lead investigator
Georgia Southern University. affiliated with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism
and Responses to Terror (START).
FRANKIE Y. BAILEY, PhD, is a professor in the school of criminal
The Big Con justice, University at Albany (SUNY).
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American History
A Guide to an
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University of Colorado—Boulder.

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