The Sociology of Terrorism

Abstract: A 15 page paper examining terrorism from the sociological perspective, including examination of the five theories of terrorism and attempts to profile individual terrorists and groups of terrorists, both before and after September 11, 2001. The bottom line at present is that there is much anecdotal information available on terrorist groups and individual terrorists, and sociologists believe that there is a pattern there to overcome. What that pattern may be still remains elusive, however, in that the

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Catagory: Race, Politics & Society

Subcatagory: Sociology, Social Work, & Counseling

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