NCJ Number
27896
Date Published
1975
Length
6 pages
Annotation
UNITED NATIONS STUDY ON MEASURES TO PREVENT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM WHICH ENDANGERS INNOCENT LIVES AND JEOPARDIZES FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, AND STUDY OF THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF TERRORISM AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
Abstract
THE ARTICLE DEFINES INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND DISCUSSES SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS. COMMENTS ARE THEN MADE ON EFFORTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO CONTROL TERRORISM. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT THE MISERY, FRUSTRATION, GRIEVANCE AND DESPAIR WHICH LEAD TO TERRORISM HAVE MANY ROOTS IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL POLITICAL, ENCONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATIONS AFFECTING THE TERRORIST, AS WELL AS HIS PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.