In today’s society terrorism can be defined as a campaign of violence designed to inspire fear, carried out by an organization, and devoted to political ends. Terrorism usually is associated with violence that is directed to civilian targets in a way to reach public publicity to fulfill demands. (Jenkins) Since terrorism has been on the rise throughout history, it is becoming more significant to understand what it is. This is why the U.S. Department of State decided to employ their own definition of terrorism in 1983; premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience (Krueger and Maleckova). These two definitions are similar
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In an entry in the Journal of Economic Perspectives written by Alan Krueger and Jitka Maleckova, this topic is examined. Researchers obtained information from failed Palestinian suicide bombers and found a much different result than what most people would assume. It was found that individuals who carried out suicide bomb attacks for terrorist organizations are less likely to come from poverty-stricken families. It was also apparent that these individuals are more likely to have completed high school and attended college when compared to the general population of Palestine. These similar results were also found in other terrorist groups, but all of which are located in the middle east (Krueger and Maleckova). With these studies showing that terrorists typically come from an educated background, on top of the semi-recent terrorist attacks that happened on September 11 of 2001, terrorism should not be looked upon …show more content…
Terrorism stems from the unheard opinions from people, and as it was mentioned before, terrorism usually thrives through educated people who want their voices to be heard. If the government chooses to not listen to the opinions of its citizens or outsiders, these people can turn to extremists acts in order to catch the government 's attention. In order to avoid this, governments can be more willing to listen to the voices of others outside of the government. Not only could this be beneficial to the government by promoting change to its people, it could also help deter extremist acts from the
In an entry in the Journal of Economic Perspectives written by Alan Krueger and Jitka Maleckova, this topic is examined. Researchers obtained information from failed Palestinian suicide bombers and found a much different result than what most people would assume. It was found that individuals who carried out suicide bomb attacks for terrorist organizations are less likely to come from poverty-stricken families. It was also apparent that these individuals are more likely to have completed high school and attended college when compared to the general population of Palestine. These similar results were also found in other terrorist groups, but all of which are located in the middle east (Krueger and Maleckova). With these studies showing that terrorists typically come from an educated background, on top of the semi-recent terrorist attacks that happened on September 11 of 2001, terrorism should not be looked upon …show more content…
Terrorism stems from the unheard opinions from people, and as it was mentioned before, terrorism usually thrives through educated people who want their voices to be heard. If the government chooses to not listen to the opinions of its citizens or outsiders, these people can turn to extremists acts in order to catch the government 's attention. In order to avoid this, governments can be more willing to listen to the voices of others outside of the government. Not only could this be beneficial to the government by promoting change to its people, it could also help deter extremist acts from the