CRM 601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Islamic Fundamentalism, Western Culture, Racial Profiling

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 601
• Professor: Anke Allspach

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Is a term that harbors a variety of forms of violence. Perpetrated by the state, governments or groups and individuals. Types of political violence: examples: islamic fundamentalist terrorism, state violence against a religious group, police brutality, between non-state actors: state institutions do not take part. Genocide torture famine: between state and non-state actors: Civil wars: two opposing parties take up arms or groups take up arms against a legitimate government. Mainstreamed understandings: a response to the terrorist attacks on september 11th 2001, on the world trade. Center twin towers and the pentagon in washington: control terrorist activities, (cid:862)hu(cid:374)t do(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) the terrorists, (cid:862)destro(cid:455)(cid:863) terrorist (cid:272)ells a(cid:272)ross the (cid:449)orld, hold accountable everybody who sponsors, provides safe havens or harbors terrorists, severe punishments. The war on terror is: a set or discursive practices, that construct muslim and arab looking males as terrorists and theatres to (cid:374)atio(cid:374)al se(cid:272)urit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)easter(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:374)atio(cid:374)- states as terrorist producing and terrorist harboring countries.