INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTENSIVE PANEL AT THE 15TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION, HELD AT ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, MARCH 23, 1974

• NCJ Number: 61350
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 104 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SEVEN PAPERS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM ARE PRESENTED IN ORDER TO EXPAND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PHENOMENON AND AID DEVELOPMENT OF MORE EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR ITS CONTROL.

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS BEEN GROWING IN RECENT YEARS. IT HAS TAKEN THE FORM OF DIPLOMATIC AND BUSINESS KIDNAPPINGS, AIRPLANE HIJACKINGS, LETTER BOMBS, POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS, AND MASS MURDERS. THE TERRORISTS, BY THEIR EXTREME ACTIONS AND THE PUBLICITY RECEIVED, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN DIPLOMATIC LEVERAGE DISPROPORTIONATE TO THEIR NUMBERS OR INFLUENCE WITHIN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. THE PAPERS IN THIS VOLUME WERE PRESENTED AT AN INTENSIVE PANEL DISCUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AT THE 15TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION IN ST. LOUIS, MO., IN 1974. SUBJECTS OF THE PAPERS INCLUDE THE PROFILE OF A TERRORIST, DEFINITIONAL PROBLEMS AND MEASURES TOWARD SUPPRESSION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, AN OVERVIEW OF DIPLOMATIC KIDNAPPINGS, A CASE STUDY OF A DIPLOMATIC KIDNAPPING, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND THE OVERSEAS BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO TERRORISM--A GLOBAL APPROACH. FOR INDIVIDUAL PAPERS WITHIN THIS VOLUME, SEE NCJ 61351-61353. (CFW)