ATS3462 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Inequality, American Imperialism, Extremism
28 May 2018
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Week 7 -Terrorism and Police Violence
• Terminology
o Terrorism -no agreed definition
▪ Violence or Threat of Violence
▪ Targeted at Civilians
▪ The Violence is aimed at a Wider Audience than the Targets
- Terrorism is meant as a message -aims to terrorise targets, but also
to inspire your group
▪ Political / Ideological / Religious Goal
▪ Illegitiate i.e. goes agaist the “tates oopol o the use of iolee
o Violent Extremism
▪ Violent extremism is the beliefs and actions of people who support or use
violence to achieve ideological, religious or political goals
▪ Includes terrorism and other forms of politically motivated and communal
violence
• Australias CT ad CVE approah
o Counter Terrorism
▪ Policing and Intelligence aimed at disruption and prosecution (arrests)
▪ With people that have been individually identified
o Countering Violent Extremism
▪ Targeted Interventions aimed at diverting those at risk of committing
iolee at e proseuted, ut hae a hae to be lured in)
▪ Early intervention
▪ With people that have been individually identified
o Social Cohesion
▪ Social Policies and Programs aimed at promoting a sense of belonging and
achievement
▪ No evidence this will prevent terrorism, but a good thing to do regardless
▪ Community awareness, like non-smoking ads
• Contextualising international terrorism in Australia
o Current threat level -probable
▪ Credible intelligence, assessed by our security agencies, indicates that
individuals or groups continue to possess the intent and capability to
conduct a terrorist attack in Australia.
▪ Scale:
- Certain
- Expected
- Probable
- Possible
- Not expected
o Historical context
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Document Summary
Week 7 -terrorism and police violence: terminology, terrorism -no agreed definition, violence or threat of violence, targeted at civilians, the violence is aimed at a wider audience than the targets. Terrorism is meant as a message -aims to terrorise targets, but also to inspire your group: political / ideological / religious goal. Illegiti(cid:373)ate (cid:894)i. e. goes agai(cid:374)st the tate(cid:859)s (cid:373)o(cid:374)opol(cid:455) o(cid:374) the use of (cid:448)iole(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:895: violent extremism, violent extremism is the beliefs and actions of people who support or use violence to achieve ideological, religious or political goals. Possible: historical context, terrorism: new in intensity, but not a new crime, contemporary context: isis, the rise a(cid:374)d de(cid:272)li(cid:374)e of the (cid:862)caliphate(cid:863) Taking advantage of the fallen state in iraq and syria: 2013: flow of foreign fighters. Travel restrictions: september 2014: isis call to attack homelands. Terror plots have become more frequent but, relatively unsophisticated (except: christmas day 2016 and airline plot 2017)
