TERRORISM: DEFINITION, TEMPLATE, AND EXAMPLES

Terrorism: Definitions, Templates, and Examples To determine whether an action is a terrorist act, you need to judge terrorism first. Terrorism is the use or threat of violence as a weapon for groups of people and people to change policies and influence decisions, based on the wishes of terrorists. Terrorists are groups of people with personal personal wishes, or ultimate goals. Terrorist targets are usually political, ideological or religious.

Regardless of political motives, some definitions treat all terrorist acts as simple criminal acts. For example, in the United States, the standard definition of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is used, the "government, civilian, or threatening, or in order to compel, the illegal use of force and violence against people or property a part of this." It has been. Because it does not distinguish between political and legal system, it is impossible to violent attacks against the government described as a legitimate case, as an example, include the South Africa National Congress (ANC) Yes. Isolate the government's violent behavior, but that is causing widely sympathizing around the world Another example is the resistance movement against the French Nazi occupation during World War II.

The definition of terrorism proved to be controversial. Various legal systems and government agencies use terrorism of different definitions. However, it is widely believed to have three important criteria for distinguishing terrorism from other forms of violence. First of all, terrorism must have a political motive. Secondly, terrorist violence is targeted to innocent or noncombatants. Third, terrorists are going to affect the audience in a fearful and intimidating way. For example, in section 2256f (d) of the United States Code 22 terrorism is defined as a political motive violence against non-combat goals, usually intended to influence the audience. For a detailed discussion on the definition of terrorism see Charles L. Ruby, "Definition of Terrorism", (2002) 2 Social Problem Analysis and Public Policy 9, 9-14.