Exam 3: Causes of Terrorist Violence

Anomie focuses on the availability of goals and means.

The peoples war strategy was first developed and applied to the ______ revolution.

Why is political violence frequently denounced by Western democracies as "terrorism?"

What is the role of "codes of self-sacrifice"? Why is this concept so central to our understanding of why violent extremists do what they do?

Discuss the Stockholm Syndrome case.

Strain is manifested as a desire to achieve goals, and one's inability to acquire the legitimate means to attain them.

Why did Cold War revolutionaries and other dissidents use what many would define as terrorism in their rebellions? What was the influence of Mao Zedong in this regard? Explain your answer.

Which of the following has been used to identify social conditions that affect from access to services, equal rights, civil protections, freedom, or other quality of life measured?

Which of the following explanations of terrorist behavior use theories of individual motivations and group dynamics to explain why people decide to adopt strategies of political violence and why groups continue campaigns of violence.

All of the following were identified as motives except for ______.

All of the following were identified as elements of routine activities theory except for ______.