Title of Dissertation: STATE INSTABILITY AND TERRORISM Susan Fahey, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Dissertation directed by: Professor Gary LaFree Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice I explore the relationship between political instability and terrorism in this dissertation, using the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), which contains both domestic and transnational terrorism. I use the Pol...

The article analyzes to what extent news reporting on terrorist attacks globalized, regionalized, or country specific. We compare coverage on four terrorist incidents in the main news shows of the US edition of CNN, of Al Jazeera’s Arabic language service, of the British BBC, and of the German ARD. The analysis shows cross-national similarities in several dimensions: the analyzed media devote n...

OBJECTIVE This article highlights the mental health consequences of a domestic terrorist incident involving chemical or biological weapons. METHOD The author reviews the literature on the neuropsychiatric effects of selected chemical and biological weapon agents, on the psychological sequelae of mass disasters, and on approaches to crisis intervention. RESULTS Disturbances of behavior, affe...

Marriage in India is a voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. It is a social association where the husband has the responsibility to take care of and maintain his wife and not to neglect his duties. But in relation to this great institution, the problem of the "dowry" still persists. Women are ill-treated, harassed, killed or divorced for the simple re...

Since the Bali Bombing I and II Tragedy, seriousness of combating international terrorism have become increasingly apparent. Each member ASEAN hand in together enforces both cooperation bilateral to prevent counteract, through appropriate domestic measures, financing terrorists terrorist organizations, whether such is direct or indirect organizations. International community efforts combat acti...

This study tests whether social media disinformation contributes to domestic terrorism within countries. I theorize that disseminated by political actors online through heightens polarization countries and this, in turn, produces an environment where is more likely occur. test this theory using data from than 150 for the period 2000–2017. find propagation of drives terrorism. Using mediation al...

Terrorism in all its manifestations is one of the most dangerous illegal phenomena. Despite numerous studies field terrorist crimes, there no single international definition terrorism general and environmental particular. Various criteria are used to define "environmental terrorism," so it not yet possible create a comprehensive definition. Currently, two main interpretations this concept. With...

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