___________ does not refer to a person’s motive or reason for acting, but merely to his or her having formed a mental purpose to commit a criminal act
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.
Mens rea or criminal intent
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Since the death of Bin Laden in 2011, the danger from Al-Queda has in some ways become harder to deal with as it has become more of an ideology. 2. Family commitments have clearly prevented individuals from embracing jihad. Getting married and settling down is a significant factor in explaining desistance from crime in general. 3. Terrorist groups may emerge in poverty stricken countries, but their motives always extend beyond the fact that young men cannot find any alternatives to employment. 4. Most economic factors seem unhelpful in predicting terrorism, but uneven economic development is one difference between the Ivory Coast and Somalia. 5. The history of a country may also be influential. In, Chelli Plummer’s, “Failed States and Connections to Terrorist Activity”, he did not test it but claims it would be worth looking into.
In early English policing, who believed that the police are the public and the public are the police?
a. King Edward I b. King John c. Sir Robert Peel d. King James II e. Alfred the Great
What makes this type of crime political? a. It was an illegal act that undermined an existing government and threatened its survival. b. It did not involve violence in its commission
c. The act of funneling money illegally to a campaign is considered violent. d. The government's response could have been violent.
Which of the following was not one of the results of the tripling of numbers about terrorist incidents around the world in the Patterns of Global Terrorism annual report?
a. Increased money went into further researching why the numbers had tripled b. The name of the report was changed c. Statistical data and chronology of terrorist attacks were dropped from the report d. A new agency was formed to collect and report terrorism activity.