Describe the factors involved in the development of terrorism as presented by Jeffrey Ross (1999)

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

• Facilitating traits include fear, anger, depression, guilt, antisocial behavior, a strong ego, the need for excitement, and a feeling of being lost; the more of these traits a person exhibits, the more likely that the person will engage in terrorism.
• Frustration/narcissism-aggression means that a person has suffered a blow to the ego and reacts hostilely. Frustration refers to aggression channeled toward another person or symbol.
• This, in turn, interacts with structural factors to cause more violence.
• Associational drives are developed in group settings; when potential terrorists perceive benefits from particular groups, they tend to join those groups. Once inside, violent behavior is likely to increase because the group's acts of terror reinforce it.
• The existence of groups that engage in acts of terrorism create an environment for teaching terrorism to others. As learning opportunities increase, the amount of terrorism increases.
• Violence takes place after a cost-benefit analysis; terrorists evaluate whether the cost of an attack is worth the result.