Domestic Terrorism: Threat Analysis and Countermeasures,

Abstract

In the entire United States for calendar year 1983, the FBI statistics show 31 incidents of terrorism, about 10 of them in New York. So, we do get our fair share. However, when you compare that figure to something on the order of 1,6000 homicides in New York City last year, it is not a terribly big number. Unfortunately, we kill off a small town every year-1,600 homicides and a like number of narcotics-related deaths. There are several reasons. First of all, and from the perspective of all of us here, terrorism is designed to challenge the Government. It is designed either to paint the Government as repressive, forcing it into stringent measures of control, or, in many cases, to show the Government as weak and ineffectual, and incapable of protecting its citizens.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 04, 1984
Accession Number
ADP004494

Entities

People

  • D. E. Moss

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetry
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Domestic Terrorism
  • Governments
  • Homicide
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Physical Security
  • Security
  • Symmetry
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • Virginia

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Strategic Security Studies