Definition
Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by individuals and/or groups inspired by, or associated with, designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations.
Introduction
Most terrorist groups that were active before WWII operated in a single country or region. However, with the proliferation of Left-Wing and Religious groups in subsequent decades, a growing number of terrorist organizations started to operate in multiple countries, thus forcing law enforcement and scholars to address and explore terrorism also in an international context. Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656(d), defines terrorism as “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents,” further providing that internationalterrorism is a “terrorism involving citizens or the territory of more than one country.” For example, if the American Sovereign Citizens Movement...
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Dmello, J.R., Perliger, A. (2019). Terrorism: International. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_251-1
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