POLI 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter Terrorism: Islamism, Leaderless Resistance, United States Secret Service
20 Apr 2018
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Rise of the self-radicalized lone wolf terrorist has created an increasing dilemma in today"s security env. This type of terrorism is increasingly found among right-wing reactionaries and religiously radicalized jihadists. Terrorism is a social construct, and takes place w/in a given historical and social context. Premeditated, politically motivated violence that is perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience. Type of target mass terror, dynastic terror, random terror, focused random terror, tactical terror . Terms of the underlying issues domestic, int"l, non-state, state-sponsored, internecine. Purpose political, non-political, quasi-terrorism, limited political and official/state. Underlying issues revolutionary, political, nationalist, cause-based, environmental, state-sponsored, nuclear, genocide. The us secret service utilizes a 5-fold typology of terrorist types: crusaders, political terrorists, anarchists, religious fanatics, criminals. National advisory council on criminal justice standards and goals" typology: civil disorder, political terrorism, non-political terrorism, quasi-terrorism, limited political terrorism, and official or state terrorism.
