DEFINITIONS OF TERRORISM ( FROM INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND WORLD SECURITY, 1975 BY DAVID CARLTON AND CARLO SCHAERF - SEE NCJ-36910)

• NCJ Number: 36911
• Author(s): G BOUTHOUL
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 10 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

TERRORISM IS ANALYZED ACCORDING TO ITS DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS, FORMS, AND TECHNIQUES OR ACTIONS; THE DIFFICULTY OF DEVELOPING INTERNATIONALLY VALID CLASSIFICATIONS OF TERRORISM IS ALSO DISCUSSED.

Abstract

TERRORISM IS CHARACTERIZED ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES: ITS CLANDESTINE NATURE, NON-BATTLE ORIENTATION, SECRETIVE ANONYMITY, SINGLE-MINDED FANATICISM OR MANIFESTATIONS OF A COMPENSATION COMPLEX, IDEOLOGICAL MOTIVATIONS, AN ELEMENT OF IMITATION IN THE TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED, AND USE OF THE POWER OF SUGGESTION. FORMS OF TERRORISM ARE DISTINGUISHED AS TERRORISM IN POWER, THE BALANCE OF TERROR CONCEPT, AND THE EXPORT OF TERRORISM.