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Module One
(Defining Terrorism)
Required Readings:
1.
Understanding Terrorism (Poland)
a. Chapter One: Concepts of Terror and Terrorism
b. Chapter Two: Historical Antecedents of Terrorism and
Violence
c. Chapter Five: Designated Foreign
Terrorist Organizations: The "A List."
2. Terrorism (Snowden & Whitsel)
a. Chapter One: Identity and the Terrorist Threat: An
Interpretive and Explanatory
Model
b. Chapter Two: The Changing Face of American Terrorism
c. Chapter Five: Implementing Justice through Terror and
Destruction: Ecoterror's
Violent Agenda to "Save" Nature.
d. Chapter Ten: The Right to Revise History: The
Institute for Historical Review
E. Chapter Fourteen: Zealous Before the Lord: The Construction
of Christian Identity
Theology
Recommended Readings:
(Available via the
Union Institute and University electronic library)
1. Ganor, B. (2002).
Defining Terrorism: Is One Man's Terrorist another Man's
Freedom Fighter? Police Practice & Research,
3(4), p287.
2. Sunhauseen, U. (2004)
Terrorism and America. Social Alternatives. 23(2), p6.
3. Laquer, W. (2004) World
of Terror. National Geographic. 206(5), p72.
4.
Larabee,
A. (2003). A Brief History of Terrorism in the United States.
Knowledge, Technology & Policy,
16(1), p21.
5. Duff, R. (2005). Notes on
Punishment and Terrorism. American Behavioral
Scientist, 48(6), p758.
(Click to follow
hyperlinks)
The Changing Faces of Terrorism
A Brief History of Terrorism
Assignments:
(Note: Assignment due dates are listed on the
course homepage)
Written Assignments
Using the readings and your own research, complete a 4-6
page paper. Explore the various definitions of terrorism. What definition would
you use? As you complete your paper, consider the following questions: What are
the strengths of your definition of terrorism? What are the weaknesses? Is
terrorism a military problem or a criminal justice problem? How does your
definition cover state terror, state involvement in terror, state sponsorship of
terror and stateless terrorist groups? What, if any, theories on violence,
particularly political violence support your definition? How is your definition
shaped by your own cultural, political and social views?
Hint::
Superior work (an A grade) will include sources from academic, peer reviewed
journals; be properly formatted and sourced in APA style.
Session/Semester
Long Project:
Your final project will
involve an analysis of an active terrorist group.
Click here to
go to the MIPT Terrorism information Center. In order to use
their library of edocs you will have to register. Once you have
registered. Search the eDocuments for the Country Reports on Terrorism.
Once you find this document, take a look at the different
active groups in 2005. Compare the 2005 country reports
against Poland's list of active groups. Choose a group for
your final project analysis. Submit a one page justifying
your choice and determining whether the group is an international or domestic group.
Note that you final project should be 8-10 pages in length.
Practical
Exercise
None
Participation Assignment
Go to the
Criminal Justice Online forum
and post:
1.
Register and create a user name that is your first initial, last
name, and the
word "Union." If I
were creating that user name I would be rfosterunion.
2.
Click here to find the first threaded
discussion assignment.
3.
After you have posted, you must respond to a post made by another
Union
learner.
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Due Date Fall 2009 |
| Session I |
Session II |
Go To |
| August 31,
2009 |
October
26, 2009 |
Session Begins |
| September
11, 2009 |
November
6, 2009 |
Module One
(Defining Terrorism) |
| September
25, 2009 |
November
20, 2009 |
Module Two
(Modus Operandi of Terrorists) |
| October 9,
2009 |
December
4, 2009 |
Module Three
(Response to Terrorism) |
| October 21,
2009 |
December
16, 2009 |
Module Four (Emerging Trends) |
| October
24, 2009 |
December
19, 2009 |
Session Ends |
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Module One
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