...Danielle Kelley The meaning of terrorism Paper The word Terrorism is very complicated to describe that even the U.S. government they cannot come up with a solution of one of the definitions. For that, reason has not obtained a universal recognition of one definition that explains terrorism. Through the year’s research has shown that it has been difficult for practitioners and researchers to come up with one meaning for terrorism. Some feel a reason for this dilemma is because the word terrorism has become more of a popular term, which is use loosely, also frequently describe various violent conduct it does not fully explain the definition of terrorism entirely means. In this paper, it will be discussing the Definitions of terrorism, including your definition of terrorism based on your analysis of the readings, Two to three important terrorist events how they shaped the history of terrorism the Descriptions of the following terms, also the conclusion. By discovering the whole meaning of terrorism will show how vast the word and expel its history other categories the word can describe under. Description of terrorism Each of the agencies in the criminal justice system has the different meaning, form the word terrorism, so it can help them fully understand how to label it. As for instance, the federal bureau of investigations knows, as the FBI meaning of terrorism is an illegal use of force, also violence...
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...Adjusting to Terrorism Paper Introduction Terrorism is a fear that we face day to day, and it’s all around the world. Every country has some type of problem with terrorism, whether it’s a training camp in their country or an actually terrorism act. It’s a reality that we live with today, many people think that with causing pain and suffering to others that it would make other people believe in their believes. But it doesn’t work that way, sometimes people do get scared but more then all it makes them angry and makes them want to fight back. According to an article by Prevent.com and it states that “Combating terrorism is no easy task and it is something that cannot be done overnight. It will be a long struggle that could be quite dangerous. One of the first things to do is to find out all of the methods that these terrorists use and understand their strategies. How do they attack us? In what ways have they been most successful? If we can find out all of the ways they may attack, it will be much easier to set up defenses and stop them before they harm any innocent people” (Tobias, 2014) this makes a great point for us, we need to find out how these terrorism have been successful in the past, and make a plan to block their resources that help them with attacks. One idea that could work would be to place a hold on any individual that wants to get a visa to come into the United States or anyone who wants to become an U.S. Citizen. Basically put a red flag on their profile...
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...Not all relationship violence is the same. Differences in regularity, brutality, purpose, and conclusion are all significant. In class, we discussed two types of abuse in relationships: common couple violence and intimate terrorism. For this paper, I will be focusing on intimate terrorism and how it is applied in the film, “Waitress”. Intimate terrorism is defined as “a systematic and continuous effort to control and dominate a partner through physical violence, verbal and psychological abuse, sexual coercion and abuse, economic and social control, and threats.” This is normally seen as domestic violence and is between two adults where one is attempting to maintain control of the other partner. Intimate terrorism is most commonly known for physical abuse, in which the beatings happen more...
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...Lone wolf terrorism is not a recent phenomenon. Decades of incidents indicate that it is an ever-present threat which society and governments must mitigate. The cases of Timothy McVeigh, Omar Mateen, and the recent Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock were some of the more extreme examples of what lone wolves could do. There are many definitions of lone wolf terrorism but this category of terror does have a common premise of sole individuals inflicting politicized attacks upon the public. The threat of lone wolf terrorism is important to the homeland security enterprise due to its unpredictable nature and the extent of damage it has rendered onto the American society. With the recent events this year (Las Vegas shootings and the New York City truck attack), current methods such as internet monitoring and surveillance that are usually entrusted to federal and state levels of the homeland security enterprise (such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation) seem to be ineffective. Of course, preventing lone...
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...changed ever since terrorism attacks have occurred in the United States? The research articles have showed that the country has tightened up their policies, especially since 9/11. For example, Zakheim said “the White House--once known as the "people's house"--faces, no longer open to traffic. ID cards required everywhere. Airline passengers waiting patiently in line to take off their shoes, belts, jewelry--and to have their bags searched and perhaps their bodies as well”(2). Before 9/11 happened there were rules in the white house and everywhere else but the laws and rules weren’t as strict. In the U.S, the government usually doesn’t make a change in rules unless...
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...Focusing on the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France, and also looking back on 9/11, one can see that terrorism is a very current issue. After 9/11, the Patriot Act was put in to place trying to help secure the protection of Americans. In years following the start of the Patriot Act, people began claiming it as an invasion of privacy and individual rights. With the news of the Paris terrorist attack, which ISIS has claimed as their own, people and governments around the world are nervous about what the future holds. The focus on the precautions and laws that will continue to invade our privacy as terrorism continues around the world will be better understood by looking at past terrorist attacks. Comparing the recent acts of terrorism and...
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...Money laundering and terrorism financing risks in Botswana introDuction Botswana has a relatively good legal foundation to fight financial crime in general. With the second reading of the Financial Intelligence Bill and the regulation of non-financial institutions prone to money laundering, the legal framework will be remarkably enhanced. However, Botswana has not yet undertaken an assessment of its risks and vulnerabilities to money laundering and the financing of terrorism in terms of international requirements. Significantly, Botswana’s legal framework does not recognise the risk of money laundering in either limited- or high-risk situations. This is in spite of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) espousing a country-specific risk analysis and application of a regulative framework for all forms of business relationships. The rationale for adopting the risk-based approach is that a better understanding of the extent, form, production and disposal or use of the proceeds of crime helps to determine the appropriate interventions. Tentative steps towards establishing trends in money laundering and the financing of terrorism have been taken over the past few years. A team of World Bank experts visited Botswana at the end of 2006 to assess the implementation of the FATF anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML and CFT) standards. In early 2007 the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), in collaboration with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS)...
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...Terrorism Paper Stacy McCarson CJS/235 July 2016 Viviyonne Lee Terrorism Paper Terrorism is a critical issue that the world faces today. The stressful part is not knowing when an attack will happen and the location. Terrorism not only effects the people but the government as well because its purpose is a political reason. According to Federal Bureau Investigation (2016), “Terrorism is the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives." The United States has had many attacks and attempted attacks against the government and citizens. The main goal of terrorism is to communicate a political message to the world, not necessarily to defeat the enemy. Researchers have found that the reason there main goal is politics wise is because they feel foreign governments won’t listen to their mission, goals, etc. As a result they intimidate those governments by violent acts. There are many different types of terrorist acts that can take place. The acts consist of bombing, kidnapping or hostage taking, arson/firing bombing, hijacking or skyjacking, bioterrorism, nuclear terrorism and cyberterrorism. Bombing terrorist attacks usually happened in crowded public places like train stations, government building, or city wide events. They use devices that are cheaper, small, and...
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...Compare and contrast the pre and post 9/11 law enforcement response to terrorism. What strategies could be implemented to increase future law enforcement capability in countering terrorism? Andrew McAdam Student Number: Word Count: “Things will never be the same.” (Miller, Stone & Mitchell, 2002, p. 3) Law enforcement has undergone dramatic changes as a result of the devastating events in the United States on 11 September 2001 (9/11). This essay will examine how law enforcement, specifically within Australia, has shifted its policies and strategies to fight the post-9/11 terrorist threat. An analysis of police actions towards terrorist related incidents since 9/11, displays how law enforcement agencies have demonstrated their ability to respond to the various threats of terrorism as they arise. “Since 2001, numerous terrorist attacks have been thwarted in Australia. Thirty-eight people have been prosecuted as a result of counter-terrorism operations and 20 people have been convicted of terrorism offences under the Criminal Code.” (Counter-Terrorism White Paper, 2010, p. ii) Australia’s State and Federal policing agencies have ‘a long tradition of reactive patrol’ (White, 2012, p. 487) However, uniformed policing plays an important role in counter-terrorism operations. Due to their knowledge and close working relationships within the local community, police are in the best position to detect and prevent terrorist actions from occurring. “So far, terrorist attempts in...
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...James Janosz Political Science 495 Terrorism December 14th, 2009 The Changing Look of Terrorism The purpose of this paper is to study and look at how terrorism has changed from pre 9/11, to post 9/11, to the current and future times. The United States is currently fighting the war on terror. But who is the enemy to the war? Can terrorism actually be considered an enemy? The answers to these questions are difficult to answer and defend, depending on the circumstances. But the key constant to the question is, there is no internationally agreed definition of terrorism. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear/terror, are perpetrated for an ideological/political goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of civilian targets. The first section of this paper will deal with both views of the changing face of terrorism from pre 9/11, to post 9/11, and to the present day. The next section of this paper will discuss the variables of why terrorism has changed. In conclusion this paper will summarize the study of the changing face in terrorism. Throughout this paper there will be historical facts, evidence, theories, and analysis to support my argument how terrorism has changed over time. The language of terrorism that we, as Americans read it as, on September 11, 2001, two American airplanes flew into the World Trade Center and another into the Pentagon, while yet another suspiciously crashed in a deserted Pennsylvania...
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...Sarah Tunnell’s thesis “Recruiting, Motivating, and Retaining Youthful Participants in Terrorism: A Preliminary Analysis,” attempts to illustrate how terrorist organizations recruit young participants. Overall, the thesis is extremely well written and thoroughly researched, yet, without a clear understanding of Tunnell’s interpretation of youth the thesis lacks a substantial argument. Multiple interpretations of youth are presented in the piece but always as other authors understanding of the term. Tunnell never explicitly provides a definition of youth, hence, the conclusion is shaky at best. Foremost, Tunnell starts the thesis with an introduction to terrorism. By highlighting the differing opinions of academics about what does and does not constitute terrorism, Tunnell provides a concise and supported definition for terrorism. Starting the thesis with the definition of terrorism is an important part of creating a clear, concise argument. However, as the Defining Terrorism chapter progresses the argument and organization become muddled. As stated in the Introduction chapter, “this work seeks to examine a potential trend in the age of individual recruits; in particular, whether youthful...
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...Running head: DOCUMENTARIES ON TERRORISM Documentaries on Terrorism by Donna Browne A Paper Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for CJ 212 Heroism Saint Thomas Aquinas Collage Fall 2011 How is Terrorism Financed Introduction As we live is this world we are faced with all types of diversities. However the main diversity that the world has been facing is terrorism. Within the last decade, terrorism has hit the United States hard. Before the last ten years, The United States have seen signs and acts of terrorism. Before September 11, The United States law enforcements and security forces where not on the same sheet of music of getting information or sharing information, as the US have seen in these two documentaries. “The man who knew”, and “Spying on the Home Front”. These documentaries brought to light a lot of knowledge that the American people did not or may not have known. As such this paper will explain the two documentaries. The Man Who Knew The first documentary that will be discussed is “The man who knew”. This story is about an FBI special agent, named Mr. O’Neill, and he lived and breathes terrorism. This FBI agent devoted his life in catching terrorist. As one watch the documentary, it is clear that John O’Neill studied these terrorist behavior and movement very well. Mr. O’Neill had so many informants to where he knew when something drastic was going to happen on the American soil. However...
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...Cyber Terrorism Technological innovations bring with them various blessing as well as curses. Due to increased dependency on technology, the negative and exploitative use of technology results in chaos in the daily lives of millions of technologically driven people worldwide. This increased dependency has resulted in the creation of cyber terrorism, whose main purpose is to use technology and cyberspace to launch wide scale and damaging results for the internet users. These opportunities for cyber terrorism are created due to the fact that the reliance on technology and information has increased manifold and this technology and information can be easily manipulated and tampered to hurt and damage the companies’ and nations’ reputations etc. That why, cyber terrorism is considered to be a national offense because it is generally used to disrupt or influence the government and government owned companies regarding their political, social and policy making motives. Nature of Cyber Terrorism: Cyber terrorism, like conventional terrorism, is used to disrupt and induce fear in the daily lives of people and uses threats, serious assaults to induce fear. Cyber terrorism also works it the similar way, but uses internet and computers as its backbone. Nowadays, terrorist groups and individuals use internet to spread malicious rumours, spread daunting and formidable news and information and post scary images to threat the supremacy of the government and government affiliated individuals...
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...The paper of ethics and torture 544 3/14/2016 Melba V. Pearson The paper of ethics and torture The following of September 11 tortures has become the method use, within the United States policy from former President Georgia W. Bush within the highest stages of the American government. During 9/11 former President Bush signed a document that would give the CIA the control, to capture kill also interrogate terrorist leaders and group member of that outfit as well. It even gave the CIA the authority to obtain private locations around, the world to capture also interrogate the terrorism with the human right being taken away from them within theses private areas they used. Then former president as well develop and top property lines, of high valued names of terrorist. This government agency granted the right to detain, interrogate also kill the terrorist that was not on the high-value list. Many people within a society have different definitions of torture. However, torture is a person that intentionally physically harms a defenseless, also not consenting individual severely. The considerable deliberate curtailment, with the exercises of a person self-sufficiency, obtain by any means necessary commonly to assume the reason for breaking the will of the not consenting individual. Also in this paper, we will talk about terrorism. Torture look at both sides in favor and not in the use of torture it evaluates each side ethically (Jeremy Diamond, 2014). In the practice of...
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...CYBER TERRORISM Table Of Contents Section Page Abstract----------------------------------------------------------3 Introduction-----------------------------------------------------4 Premise----------------------------------------------------------5 Research Methodology----------------------------------------5 Research Results-----------------------------------------------6 Critical Analysis------------------------------------------------9 Conclusion-------------------------------------------------------30 Appendix---------------------------------------------------------31 Bibliography----------------------------------------------------56 Abstract FBI cyber security division computers are hacked into at the same time that known hackers capable of performing this have their computers hacked into and are blown up when they hit certain keys on their computer keyboards. Traffic lights and the transportation systems are then hacked into and total gridlock and chaos ensure. Wall Street is then affected and cyber money is thought to be dwindling away. This is known as a Fire Sale which has 3 steps. In the first step transportation is shut down then finance and finally, in the third step, utilities are affected. As expected, the media broadcast the government’s next move to everyone including the terrorists. As it turns out, the leader of the terrorists is a former DOD software programmer that had warned...
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