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Policing Terrorism
* Professor of Social Policy, University of Wolverhampton. E-mail: P.A.J.Waddington@wlv.ac.uk
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This inaugural issue of Policing: a Journal of Policy and Practice launches with a bang. First, it is devoted to the topic that is at the top of policing agendas throughout the world: the response to global mass–casualty terrorism, epitomized by, but far from restricted to, the attacks of September 11 2001. Secondly, it sets a precedent for what we hope will be the defining characteristic of this journal: an informed conversation between practitioners and academics. That conversation is built–in to the editorship of this journal: I am delighted to share the editorial role with Peter Neyroud, not only a successful former chief constable of two significant British police forces and now Chief Executive of the British National Police Improvements Agency, but also an intellectual—the author of a highly–regarded book on police ethics (Neyroud, 2003). Largely as a result of Peter's efforts, this issue is fortunate to have secured