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

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    1 Understanding the Causes and Effects of Terrorism and Assassination: A Psychological Perspective CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TERRORISM AND ASSASSINATION Discuss the psychological and social factors that contribute to terrorism and assassination, as outlined in the article. How do terrorists justify their actions, and what are the broader societal effects of terrorism on both individuals and countries? Support your response with relevant theories and examples from the provided references. Word Count Requirement: 1,200 - 1,500 words.

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    2 Terrorism is a great threat to the society as it has the potential of harming the healthy peaceful environment. It affects the country as a whole and the incidences are hideous enough to stir the nation. It can also effect the young generation and many innocent people are the victims of either their acts or their impact. Terrorism has its impact in many of the countries where the terrorist are converting the young generation into new age criminals. It would be wrong to take the names of those countries but given the situation that the terrorist groups are increasing and flourishing means they are getting power from somewhere (James W. Clarke, October 2006) . The psychology of terrorists is very complex and they have different mend set than normal people. They need to be watched they are not there to hide. They perform the most atrocious crimes and want to create stir on a larger perspective (Roy F. Baumeister, March 2007) . They want to be noticed and a lot of people’s attention. Those people can be the officials of the government or general public. According to Brian Jenkins “Terrorists want a lot of people watching, not a lot of people dead.” They are criminal minded and this is the primary reason that they want to seek attention from wrong deeds instead of good deeds. Another aspect of the situation is that sometimes people are drifted towards terrorism because of some bad experiences and for the simple reason that they could not do something substantial positively so they drifted towards exploring their negative side. It is a complex psychological problem in some cases. The causes can be various as some of them were just caught up by the situations or were so innocent of not even realizing that they are committing a crime (Matthew Noah smith, June 2008) . Once people are trapped in the situations they cannot get out of it and become a part of the gang. In most of the countries if somebody has committed a

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