NCJ Number
142351
Date Published
1991
Length
75 pages
Annotation
Recommendations directed to the international community accompany this assessment of the effects of terrorism.
Abstract
This review defines terrorism, identifies four dangerous kinds of potential threats, describes terrorist weapons, examines the major goals of most terrorist actions, and elaborates on the three principal types of terrorism, namely, domestic terrorism, transnational terrorism, and international terrorism. The various strategies that have been proposed in recent years to control terrorist outbreaks include legal remedies, social reform, the maintenance of high standards of government, public awarenesss, appropriate media coverage, staff vigilance on the part of those operating detection equipment, harsh punishment, restrictions on mobility and access to weapons and explosives, police training in counterterrorist methods, the elimination of safe havens, military measures, and negotiations with terrorists. The findings of this report support the importance and appropriateness of a nonconcessionary position when dealing with terrorists. 25 footnotes