ADMJ 1245 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Bruce Hoffman, Innocent Victims, Animal Testing

• School: Pitt
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 1245
• Professor: John Fitzgerald

Document Summary

Department of justice: the unlawful use of force or 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. Political scientist david rapoprt: terror is violence with distinctive properties used for political purposes both by private parties and states. That violence is unregulated by publicly accepted norms to contain violence, the rules of war, and rules of punishment: private groups usually ignore the rules of war, while state terror disregard legally codified rules of punishment. Bruce hoffman: terrorism is the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear through violence or the threat of violence in the pursuit of political change. Criminal organizations use money to run their operation like a private corporation. Terrorist organizations are more interested in money disbursements to support operations, not profit maximization.