Terrorism And Political Violence Theory

National terrorism has been the focus of attention since September 11 (Haubrich, 2006). Unfortunately, domestic terrorism is now becoming increasingly common with hate groups around our nation. Domestic terrorism can be defined as violent acts that someone has committed in their own country against their fellow citizens and infrastructures. Some examples of violent acts include violent crimes, (murder, assault, and etc.) property crimes, and public order crimes. It can also be a crime against the state or federal government, like for example the attack on the World Trade Centers and the infamous Oklahoma City bombing.

Terrorism has grown to become an important term during the past 40 years and this has been linked to certain groups using terrorism strategies to create chaos and mayhem among governments and the public. But terrorism has grown to develop different meanings among different people and even within government departments (Meisels). The severity and strategies of terrorisms have also changed in recent times with certain groups causing terror in public while others fighting certain groups and individuals and claiming it to be the fight for freedom.

Ganor puts this differentiation into perspective by comparing the targets of both terrorists and guerrilla fighters. While terrorists intentionally target civilians, guerilla fighter’s targets are military ones (Ganor 288). A civilian can be defined as one who is unarmed, uninvolved, unaware and uninformed. In order to terminate these different views on the qualifications of a terrorist, Ganor proposes that an international definition of terrorism is acquired (289). He suggests that an objective definition of terrorism could be “the deliberate use or the threat to use violence against civilians in order to attain political, ideological and religious aims” (Ganor 288).

After a terrorist attack of any kind there are always consequences that must be faced. Sometimes the point of the terrorist attacks is because the organization wished to send a message or to influence policy in their favor. However, after the 9/11 attacks administrators realized that the United States was not prepared for a tragedy of this kind and had little to no measures to prevent one, this lead them to create new programs and policies. Terrorist organization’s goal often comes down to one of the following: regime change, territorial change, policy change, social control and status quo maintenance. The main purpose of a terror attack may well be to influence public policy.

Department of homeland security and Domestic Terrorism One of the major reasons why defining domestic terrorism has proved difficult is because different agencies approach terrorism with their different interpretations (White, 2013). The difference between the various definitions of domestic terrorism lies within the various descriptions given about terrorists’ motivations. White (2013) classified domestic terrorism as either those that are politically motivated or others that attempt greater specificity. It is however difficult to establish and define the motivations of terrorists. It is therefore necessary do in-depth analysis on terrorists’ motivation because their purpose reflects the methods and targets the terrorists are most likely to select.

In contemporary society, people are capable to become violent regardless of where they come from or where they stand in society. Anyone is susceptible to violence. Societies are characterized by people living together in a more or less ordered community. The human mind is characterized by its ability to control one’s actions and thoughts. However, such control can vanish if encountered with situations that are extraordinarily stressful.

Social learning theory will be used to examine the basis of learned behavior, specifically early exposure to violence, and how the behaviors observed by an individual may later become imitated in one’s relationships. Conflict theory will also be used to examine

Roots of Alienation and Terrorism As a rule, poverty goes hand in hand with terrorism. In particular, the ringleaders usually operate out of destitute countries and find the bulk of their recruits from the barren locales. An exemplar lies in the legions of terrorists running amok in the Middle East, North Africa, and other impoverished regions of the world. Despite the linkage, however, poverty does not by itself lead to terrorism.

The world today is facing a crisis and there seems to be no resolution in sight. The war on terrorism has been going on for many, many years and it appears as if the leaders of the world are baffled as to stop it or if nothing else, control it. Many scholars have a difficult time attempting to define a good definition for the word terrorism. Many believe it is a difficult word to define because there are so many interruptions to the word. It will depend on what part of the country one is in, but for the universal approach to the definition many believe terrorism is “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce esp for political purposes” (Dyson, 2012, p. 19).

Every day we hear about a mass shooting, or treats to our country. Out of sight out of mind until it happens to you or someone you know. On 9/11, millions of lives where changed and us as a country needed change, change for our futures protection. We learned that we needed to become more knowledgeable about terrorist methods, and how better to respond to such attacks. As a country involved in everyone else’s issues it brings attention to North America. I feel that we would be devastated if we were to be invaded, we say it can never happen to us but if countries rise together it is possible. How terrorist atackcan vary in form. Not justa threat of foreign terroist but domestic terrorism is a real threat as well. Most terrosist want to kill the

Nowadays, people in many developing countries do not have living standards that meet the basic human need. There are people suffering and dying from starving, malnutrition, and diseases everyday in the developing world. The contrast between the life of those people and that of the developed world is very significant. Building strategic infrastructure investments such as basic food supply, good economy and health care system is extremely important to a country and there is no exception to Canada and those developing countries. Since basic infrastructure services are so vital, why aren’t Canada help the developing countries with theirs? (Daily Commercial News, 2004) There is a national realization in Canada about worldwide poverty reduction,

Moreover, violent is the act of one who has a habitual response pattern of reacting violently in specific conditions and shouldn’t simply consider the act of person acting on impulse. Generally the violent reactions effectively to receive positive and negative reinforcement by being violent to get what they wanted and avoided disagreeable situations. Toch (1969), Berkowitz (1970), and Zillman (1979, 1983) all recommend that many people become unable of considering the consequences of their violent acts when the moment experiencing the powerful emotional reactions. To the point of cognitive processing, high arousal inhibits were reason make they not think

This paper explores three articles used to determine the relationship between two communication theories. Infante, and Wigley (1986) Verbal aggressiveness theory (VA) explains a behavioral trait that makes a person attack another based on their worth. Discusses the types of messages, effects and relationships caused by VA. Infante, Riddle, Horvarth and Tumlin (1992) research explores these aspects but other articles suggest more in-depth explanations and subcategories.

Terrorism causes fear all across the world. People are terrified because of what happens in these attacks. There are many different kinds of fear caused by terrorist attacks. Some react to these attacks differently than others. Many react to these attacks in a constructive and rational matter, this helps to not give the terrorists what they want. If we can do this we can minimize these attacks across the world. So, are you with me? Will you help to minimize this problem?

The violent conflict approach is defined through coercion, threats, and destructive assaults. Galtung’s, model suggests that each of these components influence one another, and while each