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POLITICAL CRIME - A PSYCHOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE (FROM INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND POLITICAL CRIMES, 1975, BY M C BASSIOUNI - SEE NCJ-27895)

NCJ Number
27897
Author(s)
A F SEWELL
Date Published
1975
Length
16 pages
Annotation
DEVELOPS A THEORY WHICH IDENTIFIES THE POLITICAL CRIMINAL AS AN IDEOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED OFFENDER WHOSE BEHAVIOR DEMONSTRATES AN OPPOSITION OF THE VALUES OF ANOTHER SOCIETY.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR DEVELOPS A BEHAVIORAL DEFINITION OF POLITICAL CRIME AND POLITICAL CRIMINAL AND APPLIES IT TO SKYJACKING. COMMENTS ARE THEN MADE ON THE ADVANTAGES OF THE BEHAVIORAL DEFINITION AND THE NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL TO HANDLE THE IDEOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED OFFENDER.