Outline some of the key challenges to countering terrorists’ illicit finance efforts. Explain why it is difficult to mitigate these activities. Discuss some of the various funding sources used by terrorist organizations to raise funds. Include both legitimate and illicit sources of revenue.
The use of terrorist tactics and strategies is linked to a terrorist organization’s goals and underlying motivations. Additionally, a terrorist organization must execute certain functions to conduct operations. This requires the selection of new recruits to support the terrorists’ cause. Address the following: Select a particular terrorist group. Describe how or why this group’s … Read more
What is the current threat to the United States from either a biological or chemical weapon and why? What should the United States do to better prepare for, or counter, the threat from WMDs (weapons of mass destruction)?
Forensic science begins at the crime scene. Based on the Locard principle, even the actions of the Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) may be destructive to evidence found at the scene. It is imperative that the actions of the CSI mitigate damaging the evidence as much as possible during collection, field processing, and packaging of the … Read more
Community policing calls for problem-solving directed at resolving underlying issues of an identified problem. Identify a criminal justice issue in your local community that could be addressed by a problem-solving approach. Propose a solution that represents a community-based approach and explain why your solution would be considered community policing
A terrorist group’s objectives are the goals of the group’s underlying visions. conduct research on a specific group of your choosing, and address the following: Classify and summarize the group’s underlying worldview and perspective (e.g., religious-based, political ideology, single-issue, and so on). Discuss how and why the terrorist group’s objectives are linked to its … Read more
The overall path juveniles and adults take through the criminal justice system follow very similar paths. However, along the way, there are unique differences in how juveniles must be handled by criminal justice personnel to ensure their rights are protected.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Pioneers in Criminology: The Historical Development of CriminologyLinks to an external site. and Evolution of PunishmentLinks to an external site.. Additionally, watch 002 History of US Law and What Is the Law?Links to an external site. Western societies have been punishing criminal actors since ancient Greece. This … Read more
Please post your answers to the following questions: What are your views on the idea of an unwritten code of conduct governing the behavior of police and corrections officers? You are a police officer and you witness your partner of 6 years strike a criminal suspect who has been arrested and is secured in … Read more
Terrorism preparedness and response (and attempts to prevent terrorism altogether) have added significant strain to already stretched state and local budgets. If local governments determine their own level of risk/vulnerability and act accordingly, other programs will suffer as a result of budget reallocations. Should local governments establish minimum standards and levels of preparedness, regardless … Read more