Terrorism: A Criminological Analysis

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errorism is a captivating subject that presents a challenging chance for academic reflection on a range of theoretical, experimental, and practical issues. The field of terrorism studies generally integrates both terrorism as a specific activity involving the infliction of harm for specified purposes, while counter-terrorism, involves practices and organizations concerned with defining and responding to terrorism. It is the unique area of criminology to focus on terrorism as a form of illegal or irregular behavior and on counter-terrorism as social control. Criminological analyses also focus on the dynamic relationship between terrorism and counter-terrorism to offer a unique viewpoint in the wider field of studies examining terrorism and terrorism-related occurrences. The study of these occurrences is itself part of the historical unfolding of terrorism and counter-terrorism in the context of societal expansion. …show more content…

It first offers a description of the major types, strategies, and characteristics of terrorism and provides a brief review of terrorist activity throughout history. Next, attention goes to the instruments and agencies involved with counter-terrorism to define and respond to terrorism. Subsequently, the main part of this research paper discusses the method in which criminologists supposedly and empirically approach terrorism and counterterrorism as foundations of their subject matter. Criminology analyzes terrorism as crime or abnormality and investigates counter-terrorism as social

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