The risk of "crackdown" remedies is that their short-term progress is superficial and their long-term impact, counter-productive.
"We feel the pricing we are offering is fair and will have a meaningful impact," counters Jatania.
They are a low-budget, high-impact counter weapon for radicals who are outgunned, live in stealth yet crave the spotlight to advance their aims.
They also attach 37 publications on patent litigation and its economic impacts, countering the view by lobbyists and others who claim that there is little empirical evidence to assess the performance of the American patent system.
The combined effect of strategies, actions, cross-impact, counter-reactions, public initiatives, etc. of those agents could compromise the accuracy of experts' judgments on the future.
We must remain disciplined in our commitment to achieving demonstrable social and environmental impact to counter this risk.
An NUS spokeswoman said there were "legitimate concerns about the impact the Counter Terrorism and Security Act will have on student welfare".
Additionally, the high scores on consequential impact run counter to previous research showing that only 12% of trainee-trainer couples formulated an action plan based on feedback on observed performance [ 18].
In his recent speech on liberty, Gordon Brown said he had asked Jack Straw to consider the impact of counter-terrorist legislation on the fundamental right to freedom of expression.
In 2017, the Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement (CHE) Project at the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict carried out a pilot empirical survey study to help determine the measurable impact of counter-terrorism laws on humanitarian action.
Rob Faure Walker, a secondary school teacher in Tower Hamlets and a PhD candidate investigating the impact of counter-extremism discourses in educational settings, saw the impact of the duty first-hand when children suddenly stopped talking about specific issues for fear they would be targeted by Prevent officers – a so-called "chilling effect".
