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    Terrorism and the Media

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    Terrorism and the News Media What is the meaning of terrorism and the mass media? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary online‚ the meaning of terrorism is the systematic use of terror as means of coercion. Terrorism has spawned heated debate. Instead of agreeing on the definition of terrorism‚ social scientists‚ policy makers‚ lawyers‚ and security specialists often argue about the meaning of the term (White 4). We can agree what that terrorism is a problem‚ but we cannot agree on what terrorism

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    Probation Officer

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    Probation officers work with criminal offenders‚ some of whom may be dangerous. They also monitor offenders to prevent them from committing new crimes. Workers in this occupation must meet many court-imposed deadlines and also travel‚ especially if they work in rural areas. Probation officers usually have to have a bachelor’s degree‚ but the requirement varies by agency. Officers who work in the probation system have various duties that keep their job busy. They evaluate offenders to determine

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    According to The Department of Justice‚ school resource officers also knowns as SROs who are sworn law enforcement officers who obtain the responsibility and which hold the duty to prevent crime in schools as well as providing security and other services that help students and the school’s administrators. In addition‚ school resources officers have numerous amount of responsibilities and duties some what similar to a regular law enforcement officer. Such as‚ having the ability to make arrest‚ give tickets

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    Terrorism and Immigration

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    Terrorism in the United States The terrifying event that occurred on September 11‚ 2001 is an example of what the world had been warned about many times‚ "TERRORISM". In 1998‚ for example‚ the U.S. government told American citizens that they were potential targets for a terrorist group joined by the now infamous Osama bin Laden (Eland‚ 1998). However‚ many did not think any terrorist would be capable of the tragedy that leveled the World Trade Center and took many thousands of human lives.

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    Terrorism at sea

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    Legal aspects of terrorism at sea Glen Plant* INTRODUCTION On 7 October 1985‚ four armed men claiming to represent the Palestine Liberation Front took control of the Italian-flag cruise liner Achille Lauro on the high seas about thirty miles off Port Said and held the crew and passengers hostage. They had boarded her in port in Genoa posing as legitimate passengers. They demanded the release of fifty Palestinian prisoners held in Israel and threatened to blow up the ship if intervention were

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    Religion and Terrorism

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    Terrorism has long plagued the existence of peace and security in society‚ where secular groups have resorted to violence against non-combatant targets in order to influence the policies of a governmental or nongovernmental organisation. The concept of terrorism‚ whilst elusive and vague in definition has been categorised into various forms of terrorism‚ these being dissident‚ state-sponsored‚ and religious terrorism to name a few. This paper will argue that the most dangerous form of terrorism is

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    -Poundmaker was born in 1842 near Battleford Saskatchewan. - His native name was Pitikwahanapiwiyin but he was better known as Poundmaker. - His father’s name was SīkÙkwayān (Skunk Skin)‚ a Stony Indian and his mother was mixed blood. - His uncle was Chief Mistawāsis (Big Child). - He was adopted by Chief Crowfoot of the Blackfoot tribe when he was 30 years old because he lost his son in a raid of a Cree camp. -Crowfoot gave Poundmaker a Blackfoot name Makoyi-koh-kin (Wolf Thin Legs). - Poundmaker

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    Terrorism Threat

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    from various forms of threats to its peace and stability. These involve environmental degradation‚ poverty‚ diseases‚ hunger‚ drought and wars. Terrorism however‚ is emerging as a serious threat to African peace. Salvatore Freni (2010) points out that terrorism has undergone a number of changes and mutations. Salvatore went on to explain that “new” terrorism elements are rooted in globalization and are characterized by structure of terrorist groups which has evolved from hierarchies to networks‚ are

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    Types of Terrorism

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    Terrorism in the United States has taken a big step since 9/11. After 9/11 there have been more and more police officers working. There are a lot or terrorist groups around the world but there are also motivational terrorist. The word terrorism does not really have a straight forward definition because there is different form of terrorism. The types of terrorisms that is around that people know are state sponsored terrorism‚ dissent terrorism‚ terrorists from left and right‚ religious terrorism and

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    Colorado Technical University Phase 3 Individual Project Instructor: Scott Fowler CJUS201-1203B-03: Law Enforcement Operations and Report Writing By Nope Monday‚ September 10‚ 2012 There are many different ways that the media can affect the way crime is looked at. Many of the media companies will talk about increases in crime‚ but will only target the few specific crimes that have slightly increased but will not touch base on all the crime statistics that show decreases in other

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