NCJ Number
32133
Date Published
1975
Length
12 pages
Annotation
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMES ARE THOSE WHERE THE POLITICAL FACTOR IS CONSPICUOUSLY, AND NOT MERELY INCIDENTALLY, PRESENT, AND IT MAY BE THE OFFENDER'S OWN MOTIVE OR THAT OF THE ORGANIZATION CONTROLLING HIM.
Abstract
VIOLENT CRIME INVOLVES THE USE OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL FORCE, CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR THE USE OF INHERENTLY DANGEROUS METHODS. WEST GERMAN FEDERAL CRIMINAL POLICE BUREAU (BKA) STATISTICS ARE GIVEN ON POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENT CRIME IN WEST GERMANY IN 1972, 1973 AND THE FIRST HALF OF 1974. MOST OF THESE CRIMES ARE COMMITTED BY GROUPS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS. TYPICAL POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMES, THE IDEOLOGIES THAT INSPIRE THEM, AND THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATION OF THE GROUPS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM ARE DESCRIBED. STRATEGY AND TACTICS, LOGISTICS, FINANCES, CONSPIRATORIAL METHODS AND INTERNATIONAL RAMIFICATIONS OF SUCH GROUPS ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS ALSO MENTIONED THAT ORDINARY CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN BORROWING SUCH TACTICS AS AIRCRAFT HIJACKING AND THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES FROM THE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED GROUPS. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT COMBATTING THE ACTUAL CRIMES AND PERSONS COMMITTING THE CRIMES, AS THE POLICE DO, IS NOT ENOUGH. SOCIETY AS A WHOLE NEEDS TO PERCEIVE AND UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENT CRIMES AND ELIMINATE THEM. --IN GERMAN