Homeland Security

Essay Questions 3 for Homeland Security (HSEC-220)
Directions:
 Answer each part of the question to receive full credit
 Each essay is to be typed in Times New Roman, 12 font & single spaced.
 Provide your answer via hardcopy to the instructor in the classroom.

Question 1

What are the themes associated with terrorism and why are they important to study and understand to defeat terrorism?

Question 2

What are the various types of terrorism and which is the most difficult to mitigate and why?  Which is the least difficult to mitigate?

Question 3

What fundamentally differentiates acts of terrorism from the business of transnational organized crime? 

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Homeland Security (HSEC-220)
Question 1
Themes associated with terrorism include radicalization or radicalism, counterterrorism, extremist groups, and terrorist ideology. Studying these themes is important in understanding the basis or cause of terrorism, terrorist beliefs, intentions, short and long-term goals, financiers, and their expansion. For instance, studying about radicalization or radicalism is critical to understanding how target groups are recruited to assume radical positions, as well as reasons…