The Role of Criminal Justice in Terrorism
Union Institute and University
CJM 304
(Classroom Version)
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Module One
(Defining Terrorism)
Assignments
Readings:
1. Understanding Terrorism (Poland)
a. Chapter One: Concepts of Terror and Terrorism
b. Chapter Two: Historical Antecedents of Terrorism and Violence
c. Chapter Five: Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations: The "A List."
2. Terrorism (Snowden & Whitsel)
a. Chapter One: Identity and the Terrorist Threat: An Interpretive and Explanatory
Model
b. Chapter Two: The Changing Face of American Terrorism
c. Chapter Five: Implementing Justice through Terror and Destruction: Ecoterror's
Violent Agenda to "Save" Nature.
d. Chapter Ten: The Right to Revise History: The Institute for Historical Review
e. Chapter Fourteen: Zealous Before the Lord: The Construction of Christian Identity
Theology
Activities:
1. Course orientation
2. Video – Battle of Algiers
3. Online forum participation
4. Panel formation and topic selection
5. Selection of individual presentations
6. Lecture
7. Roundtable discussion on video
8. Paper one
Paper One
Using the readings and your own
research, complete a 4-6 page paper. Explore the various
definitions of terrorism. What definition would you use? As you
complete your paper, consider the following questions: What are
the strengths of your definition of terrorism? What are the
weaknesses? Is terrorism a military problem or a criminal justice
problem? How does your definition cover state terror, state
involvement in terror, state sponsorship of terror and stateless
terrorist groups? What, if any, theories on violence,
particularly political violence support your definition? How is
your definition shaped by your own cultural, political and social
views?
Participation Assignment
Go to the Criminal Justice Online forum and post:
1. Register and create a user name that is your first initial, last name, and the location of your class (Arcadia, Brea or TwinTowers). If I were creating that user name I would be rfosterbrea, rfosteraradia, rfostertwintowers,
2. Click here to find the first threaded discussion assignment.
3. After you have posted, you must respond to a post made by another Union
learner.