Ethics and Policy in Criminal Justice
Review Guide for Fourth Exam
Chapter 13 - Terrorism in the United States
  1. What different kinds of terrorist activities have been prevalent in the United States?
  2. What has been the relationship of domestic terrorism to foreign models?
  3. What are the problems in distinguishing between criminal and "terrorist" activity?
  4. What is meant by the phrase "Jihad in the United States"?  What kinds of groups are these and what do they do?
Chapter 14 - Violent Extremism in the U.S.
  1. What are some of the characteristics of right-wing extremists in the US?
  2. What is the attitude of right-wing extremists towards the U.S. government?
  3. What is meant by a "militia" and what relationship do they have to terrorism?
  4. What is the theme of William Pierce's novels, and what influence have they had?
Chapter 15 - Technological Terrorism and WMD's
  1. What is a WMD?
  2. Who or what was Aum Shinrikyo?
  3. What are some of the technological developments that have given increased opportunities to terrorists?
  4. What are the major threats of technological terrorism?
Chapter 16 - Terrorism and the Media
  1. How have modern means of communication impacted on terrorism?
  2. How do the biases of terrorists effect coverage?  How does it differ in the Middle East from in the US?
  3. How do governments and movements attempt to use and manage the media?
Chapter 17 - Policy, Liberty, Security and the Media
  1. What civil liberties issues have been raised by the September 11 bombings?
  2. How has concern about "racial profiling" impacted on the fight against Al Qaeda and other foreign terrorists?
  3. What are the legal issues in distinguishing between "terrorists" and "prisoners of war" in the war against terrorism?
Questions from class discussion and readings posted in the class notes.
  1. In what ways was September 11, 2001, a "turning point" in history?  In what ways was it not?
  2. What are the differences between the "right" and the "left"?  How do they resemble each other and how do they differ in the use of terrorism?
  3. What arguments do supporters of the Palestinians make in ethically justifying suicide bombings?
  4. What arguments do supporters of the Israelis make in justifying their invasion of the West Bank?
  5. What arguments do opponents of these two policies make?
  6. What is Chairman Arafat's public position?  Why do people often doubt that it is his real position?
  7. What are the parallels between the Yassir Arafat and Velupillai Prabhakaran?  What ethical issues does dealing with them raise?
  8. What moral principle did UN Secretary General Kofi Amman suggest might meet general agreement?  What was the response of the parties to the conflict?
  9. What are some of the key differences in news coverage on al-Jazeera and CNN?