Understanding The Causes And Effects Of Terrorism And Assassination: A Psychological Perspective

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1Understanding the Causes and Effects of Terrorism and Assassination: APsychological PerspectiveCAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TERRORISM AND ASSASSINATIONDiscuss the psychological and social factors that contribute to terrorism andassassination, asoutlined in the article. How do terrorists justify their actions, and what are the broader societaleffects of terrorism on both individuals and countries? Support your response with relevanttheories and examples from the provided references.Word Count Requirement: 1,200-1,500 words.

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2Terrorism is a great threat to the society as it has the potential of harming the healthypeaceful environment.It affects the country as a whole and the incidences arehideous enough tostir the nation. It can also effect the young generation and many innocent people are the victimsof either their acts or their impact. Terrorism has its impact in many of the countries where theterrorist are converting the young generation into new age criminals.It would be wrong to takethe names of those countries but given the situation that the terrorist groups are increasing andflourishing means they are getting power from somewhere(James W. Clarke, October 2006).The psychology of terrorists is verycomplexand they have different mend set thannormal people.They need to be watched they are not there to hide. They perform the mostatrocious crimes and want to create stir on a largerperspective(Roy F. Baumeister, March2007). They want to be noticed and a lot of people’s attention.Those people can be the officialsof the government or general public. According to Brian Jenkins “Terrorists want a lot of peoplewatching, not a lot of peopledead.”They are criminal minded and this is the primary reason thattheywant to seek attention from wrong deeds instead ofgooddeeds.Another aspect of the situation is that sometimes people are drifted towardsterrorismbecause of some bad experiences and for the simple reason that they could not do somethingsubstantial positively so they drifted towards exploring their negative side.It is a complexpsychological problem in some cases.The causes can be various as some of themwere justcaught up by the situationsor were so innocent of notevenrealizing that they are committing acrime(Matthew Noah smith, June 2008).Once people aretrapped in thesituations they cannotget out of it and become a part of the gang.In most of the countries if somebody has committed a

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