The article, The Terrorist Mind: An Update by Sarah Kershaw, the writer questions what causes individuals to commit suicide and kill others for no reason. Terrorist acts do not occur at the spur of the moment and do not involve individuals without some knowledge of the act the will accomplish. Terrorists are individuals who have planned and/or trained for the violence they will commit.
Why a person would decide to take such a violent path there are various factors for it. According to the article by Sarah Kershaw, she mentions that the terrorist might have political or religious reasons, could be identified with the suffering of a group such as the idealists, the respondents are those who react due to their own experiences, and the lost souls are individuals who are loners that might find a purpose of belonging with a radical group. …show more content…
In these theories he explains various factors which influence terrorist acts. He divides sociological theories into the following: 1) social learning, 2) frustration-aggression, 3) relative deprivation, 4) oppression, and national cultural (Victoroff p. 18-22). 1) Social learning relates to observing in this case violence in order to imitate it. The writer also indicates that teachings from an early age may influence an individual to commit terrorist crimes. 2) Frustration-aggression implies that violence responds to discontent. 3) Relative deprivation applies to inequality among classes may cause terrorism. 4) Oppression perceived by those who feel their freedom, identity, security or dignity might be in jeopardy can result into
Why a person would decide to take such a violent path there are various factors for it. According to the article by Sarah Kershaw, she mentions that the terrorist might have political or religious reasons, could be identified with the suffering of a group such as the idealists, the respondents are those who react due to their own experiences, and the lost souls are individuals who are loners that might find a purpose of belonging with a radical group. …show more content…
In these theories he explains various factors which influence terrorist acts. He divides sociological theories into the following: 1) social learning, 2) frustration-aggression, 3) relative deprivation, 4) oppression, and national cultural (Victoroff p. 18-22). 1) Social learning relates to observing in this case violence in order to imitate it. The writer also indicates that teachings from an early age may influence an individual to commit terrorist crimes. 2) Frustration-aggression implies that violence responds to discontent. 3) Relative deprivation applies to inequality among classes may cause terrorism. 4) Oppression perceived by those who feel their freedom, identity, security or dignity might be in jeopardy can result into