Exam 11: Political Crime and Terrorism

An act that is intended to disrupt and change the government and is not merely a common-law crime committed for greed or egotism is:

(ELF and the ALF are examples of what type of terrorist group?

Retributive terrorists want to redirect the balance between what they believe is good and evil.

The Department of Homeland Security monitors all five primary areas of counterterrorism and terrorism prevention except biological and chemical weapons, which falls under the job requirements for the Director of National Intelligence.

Terrorism usually involves a type of political crime that emphasizes violence as a mechanism to promote change.

Explain the motivations of terrorists.

During the Iraq war, the term ___ began to be used to describe the forces opposed to American involvement.

Another explanation for terrorist activity is that a lack of opportunity creates a sense of _________that motivates men and women to embrace terrorism.

The word terrorist is often used interchangeably with the word guerilla , but the meanings of the terms are quite different.

The Tsarnaev brothers were motivated by ________, which is part of the ideological view.

__________________ are perpetrated by state authorities against the people they are supposed to serve.

Al-Qaeda is a _____ terror organization that believes there is a war of civilizations in which "Jews and Crusaders" want to destroy Islam and must therefore be defeated.

The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) are examples of _____ terror organizations.

The victims of public corruption are the general public, who pay for corruption through inflated costs and sometimes higher taxes.

Some political criminals are motivated by altruism or _________. They truly believe their crimes will benefit society and are willing to violate the law and risk punishment in order to achieve what they view as social improvement .

Right- and left-wing terrorist groups are considered nationalist terrorists.

Because the concept of political crime is highly subjective, people who some label as terrorists may be viewed by others as:

Voter or election fraud is a contemporary crime with roots in recently formed third-world countries.

Crimes perpetrated by state authorities against the people they are supposed to serve are referred to as state political crimes.

The Aryan Nation, the Posse Comitatus, and the Ku Klux Klan are all examples of _______________________ terrorist groups.