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    Women who choose to engage in terrorism have been the subjects of a growing body of literature. The approach and focus of which has been varied, including contributions from a range of academic fields. Gender is significant to understanding female violence because it is atypical to the traditional conceptualisation of violence and war. There is an obvious juncture in the feminist understanding of this topic as identified by Jacques and Taylor (2009). For them, there are two distinct ways that female

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    American Policing agencies have significantly changed since September 11, 2001, in a new age of international terrorism. American police departments agencies at all levels are now required to train for an increased amount of time and resources for possible terrorist attacks and to gathering the intelligence necessary to keep with the ongoing threats. Several police agencies have dedicating resources officers prepared for terrorist attacks and who gather information to head off possible risks. Local

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    Violet extremism directly affects the security of the US citizens and its’ allies, also indirectly damages the world economic structure. “The immediate and foreseeable future, the most direct threat to the United States at home and abroad is terrorism and violent extremism.” The US greatest responsibly is to protect the American citizen; however this responsibility does not stop at the US borders. The US must brace and influence international security because it serves our national interest

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    Expenditure on Terrorism The money that has been spent by the United States to counter terrorism is over exaggerated and does not reflect value for money. No one can dispute that terrorism is a unique kind of threat and it is evil. However, the money spent in this area is exaggerated in both official mind and the public. The risk of death from a terrorist attack in the United States today is very minimal. The danger in itself is remote with a low probability of happening. For instance, since 1970

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    to: 1) prevent terrorism and enhance security, 2) securing and managing our borders, 3) enforcing immigration laws, 4) securing cyberspace, and 5) ensuring resilience to disasters.” (Department of Homeland Security, 2014). Key drivers of terrorist risks include; terrorist threat, cyber threats, biological terrorism, nuclear terrorism, transnational criminal organizations, and natural hazards such as climate change and aging infrastructure. Controversial methods used to counter terrorism. The Patriot

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    Religion and Terrorism Terrorism is use of unlawful force against property or persons in aim to intimidate or coerce the civilian population, the government and any relevant segment while seeking for either social or political objectives (Awan and Blakemore, 2016). In 1980s, politics inspired terrorism, but as 1990s approached, the dramatic increase in terrorism was enthused by religious agendas. As a result there is, need to change focus from political instigated terrorism to a dominant religious

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    The Psychology Behind Terrorism In looking at the psychology behind terrorism you can see that different things can motivate a person into acts of terrorism. Take in example, a young girl age 14 becomes pregnant and her parents tell her to give the baby up or get out. So the young girl not wanting to lose her baby leaves. Later, after having the baby it gets colic and cries non-stop until the young girl shakes the baby till it is finally quite. one might expect to understand or prevent the violence

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    International Terrorism – The World’s Greatest Challenge Today Today the threat of terrorism is becoming more and more serious. Terrorism is considered the greatest threat against the safety of the world, and especially the USA, today. The extent of the terrorism has increased significantly over the last couple of years, since the terrorist attacks against the US on the 11th of September 2001. After these attacks former president of the US, George Bush declared a war against terrorism. There are

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    Terrorism is just a terrible thing to hear about when it takes place. The people and the world would be better if we did not have it in our world. We all know that terrorism affects we, the people, greatly when it strikes. On the other hands, how does it affect the ones that try to fight and prohibit terrorism at hand, the police. Terrorism affects the police in hundreds of different ways. Police have to know what to do and how to deal with terrorism, which requires much more all around training

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    Domestic terrorism according to the dictionary is defined as “the methodical use of violence or threatening by means of violence against citizens or individuals so as to obtain certain political, religious or an idea in nature by means of coercion, instilling fear in people or by intimidation” The purpose of the author’s article is to test widely held beliefs regarding women’s role in terrorism through an examination of female criminal participation within domestic terrorism. These beliefs, often

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