Exam 13: Homeland Security and Terrorism

The ___________ was developed to ensure consistency across jurisdictions when responding to critical incidents.

__________ includes transportation, manufacturing facilities, government buildings, and so on.

Emerging social changes often have little impact on police institutions.

Terrorism represents the __________ level of conflict that can be waged primarily because the combatants often represent a group without state power and they are without resources to fight on a larger conventional scale.

Globalization marks a change in organization of the economic system, which also requires changes in policing.

Globalization denotes a process by which groups that are socially and geographically distinct become ______________________.

Of all the weapons of mass destruction, ________ weapons raise the greatest concern.

Terrorism can exist as a crime, in and of itself, if no other crimes are committed.

When societies undergo major change in economic arrangements or modes of production, it is referred to as a paradigm shift.

What constitutes terrorism is being redefined by globalization. This reconstruction has become highly politicized and is increasingly involved in issues of _________________.

The third phase of radicalization is ___________, where the individual becomes a true believer and develops an antisocial attitude and behavior.

The __________ is a guideline for organizing security in the United States which provides coordination among the numerous federal, state, and local agencies in protecting the nation's critical infrastructure and key resources.

The term terrorism is a political term with many different connotations.

A __________ center provides overarching coordination of all response and Counterterrorism elements within a community. Essentially, information is fed into the center from all agencies within a geographic area. The information is then analyzed and, once analyzed, threat or activity intelligence is generated and supplied to affected constituents.

Issues of violent resistance, terrorism, and national security are inherently political, rather than merely rational-they involve questions of ______________.

In ______, the DHS published the National Infrastructure Protection Plan which is a guideline for organizing security in the United States.

The National Response Framework (NRF) was an effort by DHS to clarify the roles and responsibilities of those who are involved in responding to a significant catastrophe.

Terrorism has its roots in ____________.

Hate groups are comprised of radicalized members who propagandize and sometimes commit crimes against other religious or ethnic groups.

Former President __________ organized the Department of Homeland Security by combining a number of agencies from other Cabinet-level departments.