CCJ 101 Lecture Notes - Homeland Security Act, Assassination Of George Tiller, Timothy Mcveigh
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Ccj chapter 14: exploring specialized and topical issues. Terrorism and homeland security: many erroneously believe that terrorism is fairly new in the united states, one definition: completed or threatened use of coercion/violence against a population. International terrorism: occurs outside the united states. Domestic terrorism: occurs within the united states the september 11th attacks: some of the largest-scale acts of domestic terrorism in u. s. history. Oklahoma city federal building bombing: killed 168 people. Other acts of domestic terrorism have occurred for hundreds of years: homeland security act of 2002: made department of homeland security (dhs) cabinet- level department. Dhs created by integrating 22 existing federal departments and agencies. Dhs mission to lead unified national effort to secure america. Dhs has >240,000 employees and slated to cost more than . 9 billion in 2021. Many argue that dhs is ever-expanding bureaucracy. Dhs successes terrorism and the criminal trial: domestic terrorists tried in federal courts. 9/11 raised concerns regarding evidence and national security interests.
