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2 nd Plane hits 2 nd Tower http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&va=911+attack&sz=all. Unit 2 Terrorist Behavior Vs. Criminal Behavior. By Elizabeth Hall Kaplan University. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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UNIT 2TERRORIST BEHAVIOR
VS.CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
ByElizabeth Hall
Kaplan UniversityTwo Shia figures in Kuwait and Bahrain are stripped of their citizenships as Shia crackdowns spike in the region. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/09/2010921131347921736.html
2nd Plane hits 2nd Towerhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&va=911+attack&sz=all
Table of Contents Title Slide 1. Table of Contents 2. Causes & Motivations-Terrorist 3. Motivations of the Ordinary Violent Criminal 4. Side By Side Comparison 5. Difference Between Political & Religious Terrorism 6. Cultural Aspects That Influence Terrorist and Criminal Behavior References
Mara Salvatrucha suspect bearing gang tattoos is handcuffed. In 2004, the FBI created the MS-13 National Gang Task Force to combat gang activity in the United States. A year later, the FBI helped create National Gang Intelligence Center. http://photobucket.com/images/Gang
Lack of Opportunities Many young people join because they lack tools to compete in modern technological world
Recessionary Economy Bad economies compound lack of opportunity
Alienation Joins because they are out of the political and social mainstream
Radical Ideas Have been raised to believe in and hate oppressors
Socialization Strong family and social bonds are formed within these groups tied to mosques etc.
Religious or Ideological Views Extreme eschatology causes people to commit violence to achieve change
Political Statements Groups commit violence to make political statements in order to effect change
Causes and Motivations of the Terrorist
McVeigh Oklahoma City Bomberhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=timothy+mcveigh+execution&rs=0&ni=21&fr2=xpl&xargs=0&pstart=1&b=64
Motivations of the Ordinary Violent Criminal
Motivation of ordinary violent criminals differs from the motivation of terrorists completely. They commit crime for the following reasons:
Cash- Often they commit murder, robbery, burglary while seeking financial gain to support drug habits, and buy merchandise.
Goods- Ordinary criminals will also commit robbery, burglary, and other crimes trying to obtain merchandise that they can sell for cash.
Personal Goals- Criminals may have a personal goal such as revenge that will motivatethem to commit crime.
Side-by-side ComparisonTERRORIST BEHAVIOR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR Will not bargain if caught Well Trained Specific often symbolic
targets Larger Scale Violence Do not care about
mortality Uses crime and violence
to render a statement about their cause
Likely to bargain for lesser sentence
Often disorganized Targets mostly based on
opportunity Small scale violence Does not want to die Uses crime as a means to
get cash and merchandise
Differences between Religious and Political Terrorism
Hassan Narallah calls on 'Islamic resistance fighters' to 'be ready for the day when war is forced on Lebanon‘ Picture bu Reuters
Political Terrorism Religious Terrorism
People join for a cause People join because of belief in deity
May not be as committed 100 percent dedicated to as religious terrorist cause
Operate on a fundamental See the whole world as a political and cultural framework battlefield
Would rather make allies than See killing as a religious kill people for the cause necessity and a sacred act
Cultural Aspects that Influence Terrorists and Criminal Behavior Terrorists are heavily influenced by their
individual cultures producing culture clashes which may cause hatred and a desire to impose cultural beliefs on one another
Crime is influenced by social class status, and might be learned from parents or other influences such as friends, or one may live in an area where committing crime is deemed normal (inner cities)
References
Byrne, J. (n.d.). The Advent of Religious Terrorism. Retrieved From: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://chua2.fiu.edu/faculty/byrnesj/Terrorism_Powerpoints_4.ppt
Gadek, R.M. (2008). Terrorism: Criminal Behavior vs. Terrorism. Retrieved From: http://criminaljusticeonlineblog.com/archives/terrorism-criminal-behavior-vs-terrorism/
Siegel, L.J. (2010). Criminology: Theories, Patterns, and Typologies. Tenth Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Transnational Terrorism EU, (2007). Transnational Terrorism, Security, & the Rule of Law: Isolating Terrorism: A comparison of concepts of terrorism, organized crime, and political violence. Retrieved From: http://www.transnationalterrorism.eu/tekst/publications/Isolating%20Terrorism.pdf
White, J.R. (2006). Terrorism and Homeland Security (6th ed.). Mason, Oh. Cengage Learning