Title: Criminology Flashcards | Quizlet
Headings: Criminology
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Criminology Ch. 12
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Content: State Political Crime
political crimes that are perpetrated by state authorities against the people they are supposed to serve
5 components: political corruption, illegal domestic surveillance, human rights violations, state violence, state-corporate crime
Torture
i think this one is pretty self explanatory
ticking bomb scenario
is it permissible to engage in the use of torture on a single suspect if it would save the population of a city
terrorism
the act must carry with it the intent to disrupt and change the government and must not be merely a common-law crime committed for greed or egotism. GROUPS WHO ENGAGE IN PREMEDITATED, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE AGAINST NONCOMBATANT TARGETS
terror cells
most groups subdivide their affiliates into terror cells for both organizational and security purposes
Guerilla
armed military bands, typically located in rural areas, that attack military, police and government officials in an effort to destabilize the existing government
Insurgents
are organized into covert groups who engage in an organized campaign of extreme violence which may falsely appear to be random and indiscriminate, such causing the death of innocent civilians but has a distinct political agenda
GROUPS WHO ENGAGE IN ARMED UPRISING, OR REVOLT AGAINST AN ESTABLISHED CIVIL OR POLITICAL AUTHORITY
Revolutionaries
are individuals who take part in a civil war against a sovereign power that holds control of the land or over issues of ideology and power who may rely on violence or nonviolence
Zealots
Hebrew warrior groups
Reign of Terror
period of turmoil during the french revolution when the word terrorist first started being used
Retributive terrorists
they do not wish to set up their own homeland or topple a gov't but rather want to impose their social and religious code on others
Coersion Hypothesis
terrorists use violence to cause pain, notably causualits, to frighten the US and get it to bend to their will. Damange Hypothesis
Terrorists want to damage the US economy to weaken its ability to intervene in international affairs
Rally Hypothesis
Violence is sued to attract the attention of potential recruits and supporters
Franchise Hyptothesis
Jihadists use violence to pursue their own, often local, goals and only receive some support and encrouagement from international organizations such as al-Qaeda
networks
loosely organized groups located in different parts of a city, state, or country that share a common theme or purpose
Revolutionary terrorists
use violence to frighten those in power and their supporters in order to replace the existing government with a regine that holds acceptable political or religious views
Political Terrorists
Political terrorism is directed at peolpe or gorups who oppose the terrorists' political ideology or whom the terrorists define as "outsiders" who must be destroyed
Eco-Terrorism
Political terror groups inovlved in violent actions to protect the govenment
Nationalist Terrorism
Groups whose actions promote the interests of a minority ethnic or religious group that has been persecuted under majority rule and/or wishes to carve our its own independent homeland
Retributive Terrorism
Groups that use violence as a method of influence, persuasion, or intimidation in order to achieve a particular aim or objective
State-sponsored terrorism
carried out by a repressive government regine in order to force its citizens into obedience, oppress minorities and stifle prolitical dissent
Cult Terrorism
Cults whose leaders demand that followers prove their loyalty through violence or intimidation
Criminal Terrorism
Terrorist groups that become involved in common-law crimes such as drug dealing and kidnapping, even selling nuclear materials
Director of National Intelligence
was created after 9/11, and was created and charged with coordinating data from the nation's primary intelligence gather agencies
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