Exam 1 Chapters 1-3

Question 1

Selective terrorism

Answer 1

Targets are selected - not indiscriminate

Question 2

Criminology in terrorism

Answer 2

Prevention & apprehension

Question 3

Difference between street criminals & terrorists

Answer 3

Terrorists commit crimes for a cause

Question 4

Practical behavioral differences

Answer 4

Terrorists:
1. Focus action toward goal
2. Are dedicated to a cause
3. Rarely cooperate w/ LE
4. Tend to attack
5. Strike after careful planning
6. Prepare & rehearse

Question 5

Research

Answer 5

More successful when looking at militant ideology & concepts that attract followers

Question 6

Horgan

Answer 6

1. Psychological process that leads people to terrorist groups
2. Issues that keep them in the group
3. Support for people who want to leave

Question 7

Sageman’s model - 6 steps

Answer 7

1. Alienated young man
2. Meets other alienated men & form bond
3. Groups gravitate toward religion
4. Religion interpreted in militant terms
5. Militant groups meet terrorist contact
6. Militants join terrorists as a group decision

Question 8

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Answer 8

Destroyed Northwest airliner as it entered US airspace

Question 9

James W. Von Brunn

Answer 9

Shooting in US Holocaust memorial museum in DC

Question 10

Omar hammami

Answer 10

Muslim father & Christian father
Embraced violent form of Islam & became a commander in Al shabaab

Question 11

3 models of terrorism

Answer 11

1. Lone wolf
2. Small group
   3 tactics of insurgencies & guerrilla movements

Question 12

Narcoterrorism

Answer 12

Terrorists supporting drug operations to finance terrorism

Question 13

Lone wolf

Answer 13

Person who has particular (religious) ideology but not part of a
group

Most difficult to deter / detain