NCJ Number
60884
Journal
Terrorism Volume: 2 Issue: 3 AND 4 Dated: SPECIAL ISSUE (1979) Pages: 261-270
Date Published
1979
Length
10 pages
Annotation
THE PROBLEM OF TERRORISM CANNOT BE SOLVED THROUGH THE THREAT OF MORE SERIOUS SANCTIONS FOR CRIMES, BUT RATHER THROUGH THE REORGANIZATION OF THE STATE, WRITES AN ITALIAN LAWYER AND RESEARCHER.
Abstract
A BEHAVIORAL MODEL MUST BE DEVISED WHICH IS BROADLY BASED AND INTERDISCIPLINARY IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF TERRORISM. THE PHENOMENON MUST NOT BE ANALYZED EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE MOTIVATIONS OF THE TERRORISTS, BUT RATHER SHOULD INCLUDE SOCIAL FACTORS. INDIVIDUALS WILL ALWAYS PURSUE THEIR OWN ADVANTAGE, BUT DESTRUCTIVE PRINCIPLES WILL BE FOLLOWED ONLY IF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SO PERMIT, THE ITALIAN TERRORISM CRISIS ORIGINATES IN THE GAP BETWEEN MASS ASPIRATIONS AND THE LACK OF MEANS IN THE WEAK AND COLLAPSING CIVIL INFRASTUCTURE, AND IN CORRUPTION OF THE RULING CLASS BY FAVORITISM AND NEPOTISM. IN ITALY, MOTIVATIONS FOR TERRORISTS DO NOT INCLUDE OPPOSITION TO TOTALITARIANISM, AS IS THE CASE WITH SOUTH AMERICAN TUPAMAROS. ITALIAN TERRORISTS TRY TO SHOW THAT THE STATE, WHICH SHOULD PROTECT PEOPLE AND PROPERTY, IS HELPLESS AND POWERLESS. THEIR FINAL AIM IS TO BREAK UP THE STATE BY SHOWING THAT IT IS INCAPABLE BOTH OF CONDEMMING THOSE WHO CONSPIRE AGAINST PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND OF MAKING THE LAW RESPECTED. THE SOLUTION LIES WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH IS A COMPROMISE OF LIBERAL AND MARXIST IDEOLOGIES. CITIZENS MUST BE SHOWN THAT GOVERNMENT CAN BE EFFICIENT WITHOUT TAKING ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A POLICE STATE. THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE SOLVED WITH INCREASED PENALITIES OR THE USE OF SUPER PRISONS, BUT RATHER THROUGH THE RESTRUCTURED STATE WHICH GUARANTEES PROPER LIVING CONDITIONS. THE PHENOMENON OF TERRORISM IN VIRTUALLY ABSENT IN NATIONS WHICH HAVE BALANCED SECURITY AND CITIZEN RESPONSIBILITY. DIAGRAMS ARE PROVIDED. (TWK)