NCJ Number
41257
Journal
MILITARY POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT JOURNAL Volume: 3 Issue: 3 Dated: (FALL 1976) Pages: 38-43
Date Published
1976
Length
6 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE TAKES AN OVERALL LOOK AT THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO BECOMES A REVOLUTIONARY TERRORIST.
Abstract
VARIOUS TERRORIST MODELS ARE PRESENTED: FRUSTRATED, IDEALIST-ROMANTIC, AND REBEL-PARANOID. THESE MODELS ARE BELIEVED TO APPLY TO THE RANGE OF REVOLUTIONARY TERRORISTS. THE ROMANTICS, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, SEEM TO BE BORN OUT OF THE CLASSICAL MODE OF RISK-SEEKERS BY NATURE. THE FRUSTRATED REVOLUTIONARIES TURN TO TERRORISM AS A CLEANSING FORCE. EACH OF THESE MODELS PRESENTS SPECIAL HANDLING PROBLEMS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. THE REBEL-PARANOID TYPE, HOWEVER, PRESENTS THE MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEM....BDS