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Criminal Justice: Terrorism

This guide will help criminal justice students with basic knowledge of criminal justice process, theories, procedures, and law

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Roots of Terrorism Teachers Guide: PBS provides background information and classroom activities on the roots of terrorism. 

Global war Issues World101

Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point.

The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) is a non-profit research group founded by Steven Emerson in 1995. It is recognized as the world's most comprehensive data center on radical Islamic terrorist groups.

Terrorism

Types of Terrorism

Types of Terrorism:

State sponsored terrorism: Terrorist acts that occur at the direction, directly, or indirectly of the state or government

  • State sponsors of terrorism list: Iran, Syria, Sudan, and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Dissent terrorism: dissent groups that use terrorist activities against its own government

Left wing and right wing terrorist: rooted in political ideology, occurs when one ideology dominants a region and they fight over opponents fight to overthrow the government

Religious terrorism: religious ideologies motivate this group. They are one of the most dangerous because they see violence as a divine duty to their religion.

Criminal terrorism: terrorist acts to facilitate crime for profit

Resources & Links

Information on FBI's fight against terrorism, definitions, and current threats, and More

US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)'s  International Terrorism Guide website

A full and complete report on terrorism from the Secretary of State

Research on terrorism from the National Institute of Justice

Documents on topics related to U.S. national security, foreign policy, intelligence, and military history.

RAND conducts a broad array of national security research for the U.S. Department of Defense and allied ministries of defense

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

A university-based research and education center comprised of an international network of scholars committed to the scientific study of the causes and human consequences of terrorism in the United States and around the world.

“This research project traces the evolution of militant organizations and the interactions that develop between them over time".

Department of Homeland Security

Terrorism