Identify and discuss three important trends in international terrorism
What will be an ideal response?
o Terrorists have developed more efficient methods of financing their operations.
Terrorist groups in central Asia, the Middle East, and South America have profited from extensive drug-trafficking operations. Internet fundraising has also become a lucrative source of funds. A broad network of informal banking systems, cash wire transfers, and money laundering schemes allows terrorist groups to disburse the funds with relative ease.
Terrorists have developed more efficient models of organization. Bin Laden's al Qaeda has patterned itself on a lean international business model. Different individuals are responsible for different tasks, such as recruiting,
o planning, logistics, finances, propaganda, and social services including supporting the families of suicide bombers. These "employees" do not answer to a single leader but rather function as a network that is quick to adjust and is difficult to infiltrate.
Terrorists have exploited new communication technology. The Internet allows direct communication between terrorist operatives at minimal cost and
o with little danger of detection. As we saw in the opening of this chapter, terrorist
websites "get out the message," offer valuable recruiting opportunities, and, in
some instances, provide an outlet for the webcasting of videotaped violence used for propaganda purposes.
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The _______ is expressed as the percentage of convicted offenders who have been released from prison and who are later rearrested for a new crime
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What federal agency was formed in 1979 to have primary responsibility for disaster response in the U.S.?
a. Dept of Homeland Security b. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) c. U.S. Military Relief Command d. The American Red Cross
Which of the following was not a feature of American policing inherited from England?
A. Tithing B. Limited authority C. Local control D. Organizational fragmentation E. Community involvement