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The factors which influence the selection of physical targets by terrorist groups

, 2012
The aim of terrorism is to influence a group of people or institutions - the psychological target or targets - by attacking the appropriate physical targets in order to prompt the desired response.
Drake, Charles J.M.
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The relationship between criminal and terrorist organizations and human smuggling [PDF]

, 2009
CHDS State/LocalThis thesis sought to expand on the literature that has been written on the possibility and impact of a relationship forming between criminal and terrorist organizations in terms of human smuggling. These entities could form a strategic
Lanzante, Joseph A.
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When Not Losing Is Winning: Terrorist Organizations and Asymmetrical War

, 2010
NATO Advanced Training Course (ATC) on Use of Force in Countering Terrorism -- SEP 08-12, 2008 -- Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANAsymmetrical war allows for relatively weak terrorist organizations to engage in armed struggle with much more powerful states knowing ...
Ozen, Cinar, Bagdadi, Itir
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Redefining Terrorism: Why Mexican Drug Trafficking is More than Just Organized Crime

Journal of Strategic Security, 2008
Mexican drug traffickers are more than criminals. They are terrorists. And that's not hyperbole. The tactics, strategy, organization, and even (to a limited extent) the goals of the Mexican drug cartels are all perfectly consistent with those of ...
Lt. John P. Longmire, Sylvia M. Longmire
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The charitable activities of terrorist organizations

Violent groups sometimes invest significant resources in social work, notably in the form of charities and NGOs. The present paper models a terrorist group's charities as a means to advertise its cause in order to raise popular support.
Pierre-Emmanuel Ly
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Terrorism: Motivation and Theory

Journal of Public and Professional Sociology, 2017
This paper attempts to determine motivations behind terrorism from the perspectives of Rational Choice Theory and Social Solidarity Theory. Understanding motivation for terrorist acts cannot be determined uni-dimensionally and different levels of ...
Wayne Korbl
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Analyzing the design of terrorist organizations using the Organizational Consultant [PDF]

, 2004
With the events of September 11, 2001, terrorist organizations have moved to the forefront of threats to U.S. national security. These organizations utilize unconventional forms of warfare and new organizational structures to survive.
Lowe, Harrison T.
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Internal state conflict as a medium for terrorist organizations' activity: the case of yemen.

, 2021
The main focus of the thesis is placed on the analysis of the civil war induced factors that enable terrorist organizations in the case of the ongoing Yemeni civil war.
Mamonas, Ovidijus,
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Criminal liability for the establishment of a terrorist organization and participation in it

Гуманитарные и юридические исследования
Introduction. Terrorism does not disdain to incur huge casualties among innocent civilians, and terrorist organizations do not and cannot have just motives for their actions.
S. V. Chudin
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Psychological Mechanisms of Youth Involvement in Extremist and Terrorist Organizations (Using the Example of Social Networks)

Психология и право
The work describes the signs of recruitment and the psychological mechanisms of youth involvement in extremist and terrorist organizations in the Internet. A structural analysis of materials containing communication aimed at involving youth in
O.D. Gurina, A.F. Remeeva
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