ROLE OF CJ IN TERRORISM

Paper instructions:
Readings & Resources

Martin, Gus, “Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives & Issues”, (2012), 4th Edition, SAGE Publishing, ISBN: 1452205825

Note: Because the Internet is in a constant state of change, the URLs of the below sources may change. If so, search the name of the article and utilize the

updated URL to access the article.

• The Changing Faces of Terrorism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/recent/sept_11/changing_faces_01.shtml

• Defeating Terrorism: Strategic Issue Analyses
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?PubID=273

• Confronting the “Enemy Within” What Can the United States Learn About Counterterrorism and Intelligence from

• Other Democracies
http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB9047/
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Formatting: You are required to prepare TEs as formal submissions and place them in the Coursework-Assignments saved as Microsoft Word documents no later than

Sunday at 11:55pm ET. The essay should be 350-400 words maximum using 12pt. font and double spaced, using one-inch margins. Please type your name, assignment, and

course number (e.g., CJM 304) at the top of your paper. Citations and reference pages must use APA formatting.
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COUSRE WORK
COLLABORATION QUESTION (PLEASE BROWSE FOR QUESTIONS)

ASSIGNMENT #1
Terrorism Exploration #1: Answer the questions below in 350-400 words maximum. Use 12pt. font, one-inch margins, and double-space your paper. When referencing the

text either by paraphrasing or a direct quotation, use APA citation guidelines. Paraphrasing or quoting the author without proper citations is considered plagiarism.

Place your assignment in the Coursework-Assignments by Sunday 11:55pm ET. Please type your name, assignment and course number at the top of your paper. Submit to the

Coursework-Assignments tab under Week 2.

Using this chapter’s recommended Web sites, conduct an online investigation of the fundamental characteristics of extremism.
1.    What commonalities can you find in the statements of these groups?
2.    Is there anything that strikes you as being particularly extremist?
3.    Why or why not?
For an online search of different approaches to defining extremism and terrorism, readers should activate the search engine on their Web browser and enter the

following keywords: “Definitions of Terrorism” “Extremism”
Web Resources
o    Council of Conservative Citizens:
www.cofcc.org
o    Earth First! Radical Environmental Journal:
www.earthfirstjournal.org
o    Front National (France):
www.frontnational.com
o    Socialist Party USA:
www.sp-usa.org
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ASSIGNMENT#2
•    Terrorism Exploration #2: Answer the questions below in a 350-400 word essay. Use 12pt. font, one-inch margins, and double-space your paper. When referencing

the website either by paraphrasing or a direct quotation, use APA citation guidelines. Paraphrasing or quoting the author without proper citations is considered

plagiarism. Place your assignment in the Coursework-Assignments by Sunday 11:55pm ET. Please type your name, assignment and course number at the top of your paper.

Using this chapter’s recommended Web sites, conduct an online investigation of the reporting of terrorism by the media.
Compare and contrast the reporting of political violence by the referenced media services. What patterns of reporting can you identify?
To what extent are the media services biased in their reporting? How so?
To what extent are the media services objective in their reporting? How so?
For an online search of reporting of terrorism by the media, readers should activate the search engine on their Web browser and enter the following keywords:
“Media and Terrorism” “Propaganda and Terrorism”
o    Al Arabiya News Channel (Dubai):
http://www.alarabiya.net/english.html
o    Al Jazeera (Qatar):
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
o    BBC (UK):
www.bbc.co.uk
o    CNN (USA):
www.cnn.com
o    Dawn (Pakistan):
www.dawn.com
o    Middle East Media Research Institute:
http://memri.org
o    New York Times:
www.nytimes.com
o    SITE Intelligence Group (USA):
http://www.siteintelgroup.org/
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FINAL PAPER 8-10 PAGES LONG APA STYLE

You will choose a paper topic. You should use and cite at least four sources in your papers; use the Understanding Terrorism textbook as one of your sources.

I HAVE TO GET MORE INFO REGARDING FINAL PAPER I WILL ADVISED YOU ON WHAT TO DO FOR THE FINAL PAPER

Collaboration-Forums

PLEASE ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM EACH WEEK… ( Write the question out and answer one question for each week )
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WEEK 1Text: Understanding Terrorism. Chapter 1
A Conceptual Overview
1. Discuss the significance of symbolism as it pertains to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the American homeland.
2. Compare and contrast the cases of Richard Baumhammers and Timothy McVeigh. Discuss how their cases exemplify the threat of domestic terrorism in the United States.

In your opinion, does the scale of violence committed by them make either of them “more” or “less” of a terrorist than the other? Explain your answer.
3. Compare and contrast the cases of Ramzi Yousef and the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Discuss how their cases exemplify the threat of international

terrorism in the United States. In your opinion, does the scale of violence committed in these incidents make either of them “more” or “less” acts of war than the

other? Explain your answer.
4. Review the following videos:
Norway Suspect Claims to be Part of Terror Network
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/25/138667137/suspect-in-norway-attacks-wants-open-hearing?ps=rs
Norway Attacks: Breivik’s Father “So Shocked”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14288184
What conclusions can we draw from both Breivik’s connection with a terrorist network and the lack of knowledge Breivik’s father had of his activities?
WEEK 2Text: Understanding Terrorism. Chapter 2
Defining Terrorism
1. Are hate crimes acts of terrorism? If so, in what way? If not, why not? Explain your answer.
2. What is extremism? What are its common characteristics? Why is extremism frequently justified by activists as being necessary? Explain your answer.
3. Why are there so many definitions of terrorism? What has been the difficulty in arriving at a common definition? Critique some of these definitions.
4. Review the following audio clip:
o White House Report to Detail Anti-Extremism Effort
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/03/138943164/white-house-report-to-detail-anti-extremism-effort
Give you thoughts on whether you believe this “broader approach” will work or not.
WEEK 3Text: Understanding Terrorism. Chapter 3
The Causes of Terrorism
1. What is the role of “codes of self-sacrifice?” Why is this concept so central to our understanding of why violent extremists do what they do?
2. Critique criminological explanations of terrorism. Do they adequately explain the causes of political violence? If so, how so? If not, how not?
3. In your opinion, is the Stockholm syndrome an adequate explanation for why some adopt the extreme beliefs of a political cause?
4. Review the following audio clip:
o What Makes a Terrorist?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122818471
Based on this audio clip, in your opinion, what do we know about who becomes a violent extremist and why?

Week 4Text: Understanding Terrorism. Chapter 10
Tactics and Targets of Terrorism
1. What is “armed propaganda”? How is it used by terrorists? Why is it used by terrorists? What is the role of symbolism? Explain your answers.
2. Discuss the feasibility of obtaining weapons of mass destruction by terrorists. Which weapons are more easily obtained? Which weapons are less easily obtained?

How would they be obtained in the first place? Explain your answer.
3. Why do terrorists seek to provoke their adversaries into overreacting, especially when such adversaries are often vastly more powerful than themselves? Discuss

the logic of this objective from the perspective of violent extremists.
4. Review the following video:
oFrontline: The Anthrax Attacks
http://video.pbs.org/video/2151158114
What were the successes and failures in this FBI investigation?
Week 5Understanding Terrorism.Chapter 11.

Terrorist Violence and the Role of the Media
1. Discuss the effectiveness of terrorism within the contexts of the use of the Internet, the broadcast media, and communications technologies. How have communications

outlets been exploited by violent extremists? How have these outlets changed the nature of the terrorists’ impact on audiences? Explain your answer.
2. How successful was the United States in winning the war for the “information high ground” in the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks? Explain

your answer.
3. To what extent should information be regulated within an active terrorist environment? How should information be regulated under such conditions? What types of

information should be regulated? What are the potential dangers of too much, or too little, regulation? Explain your answers
4. Review the following video:
o The Open Mind: Terrorism and Television
http://video.pbs.org/video/1512037743
To what extent has television been an effective medium for the spread of terror and terrorism?
WEEK 6 Understanding Terrorism Chapter 12
Terrorism in the United States
1. In your opinion, why were extremist elements of the New Left able to construct a fairly viable underground movement? Why did this underground not involve itself in

the same scale of terrorist violence that emerged at the same time among leftists in Germany and Italy? Explain your answer.
2. Discuss the effect of conspiracy theories on perpetuating far- and fringe-right wing movements. Why do conspiracy theories persist?
3. Describe possible threat scenarios from single-issue extremists in the United States. How persistent are movements such as the radical environmentalists?
4. Review the following video:
o Abortion Providers under Siege
http://video.pbs.org/video/1150923052
Discuss the potential of terrorist violence in the United States from domestic cults and extremist adherents of Christianity. What is the nature of the threat? How

serious is it? Explain your answer.

WEEK7:Understanding Terrorism. Chapter 14,

Homeland Security
1. Are repressive domestic laws an acceptable counterterrorist option? Explain your answer.
2. Which national and international legal remedies exist for combating terrorism? In your opinion, how effective are legalistic remedies? Explain your answer.
3. Review the following video:
o As It Turns 10, Patriot Act Remains Controversial
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/26/141699537/as-it-turns-10-patriot-act-remains-controversial
Is the USA Patriot Act a necessary law? Explain your answer.

Week 8Text: Understanding Terrorism. Chapter 15
The Future of Terrorism
1. Compare and contrast the potential for terrorist violence in the United States from the left and right. What type of potential violence could occur from each? In

your opinion, which source of terrorist violence is more likely to occur? Explain your answers.
2. Which new and creative government responses will have to be considered in the near future?
3. In your opinion, how can the international community collectively respond to new and emerging terrorist threats?
4. Review the following video:
o Future of Terrorism
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/199198-1
Which soft targets are likely to emerge as terrorists adapt to counterterrorist

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