MENACE OF TERRORISM

• NCJ Number: 40753
• Author(s): H H COOPER
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 6 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE ON TERRORISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, GLASSBORO STATE COLLEGE, APRIL 1976

Annotation

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS 0F POLITICAL AND TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM. THE POLITICAL, OFTEN INTERNATIONAL, CHARACTER OF TERRORISM MAKES OBJECTIVE DEFINITION DIFFICULT.

Abstract

THE LEGAL RESPONSE TO TERRORIST ACTS IS HAMPERED BY THE LACK OF A SATISFACTORY SUBSTANTIVE DEFINITION. THIS, THE AUTHOR FEELS, IS DUE TO THE ELUSIVE QUALITY OF TERRORISM. TERRORISM IS SEEN AS ORGANIZED WARFARE AGAINST AN ESTABLISHED SOCIAL ORDER WITH THE GENERATION OF FEAR AS A TACTIC. THE IMPLICATIONS OF HIGH-TECHNOLOGY TERRORISM ARE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND NEGOTIATION....MSP