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What are 2 economic reasons for crime
•greed-former MP Natalie Mcgarry embezzled over £25000 from charities and independent groups
•poverty- a 2018 CIVITAS study found that the lowest incomes experience 62% more personal crime and 73% more violent crime in the uk
What are 2 social reasons for crime
•gang culture- in glasgow there are around 170 street gangs with around 3500 members of the ages of 11-23
•Addiction- in 2018 Alcohol Scotland found that 46% of violent crime is alcohol related
What are 2 biological reasons for crime
•genetic inheritance- the BBC that found 2 genes associated with with violent behaviour, the researchers found that a person with the gene was 13 times more likely to commit a violent crime
•hormones- In 2019 around 90% of all prisoners in a Scottish prison were men, 10% being women
What are 3 consequences for individuals for terrorism (Death)
•2017 Manchester attack-22 killed, 88 injured
•2017 London Bridge attack-8 killed and 48 injured
•2019 London Bridge attack-2 killed,5 injured
What are the psychological effects on an individual after a terrorist act
London outreach and screen services offers a dedicated confidential mental health service for victims of the 2019 London Bridge attack
What are 2 political causes of terrorism
• nationalism- ETA thinks that Basque region in northern Spain and southern France should be independent, they have killed over 800 people over the last 30 years.
• rise of the far right- the proud boys and other supporters of Donald Trump stormed the capital building resulting in 5 deaths in January 2021
What are 2 economic causes of terrorism
• poverty-Al-Shabaab a terrorist group in Somalia that attacked a shopping mall in Kenya in
2013 killing 65, to prevent tourism in Kenya
• unemployment- Biko-Haram draw their strength from unemployed youth and have been committing acts of terror in Nigeria over the last 10 years
What are 2 social causes of terrorism
•extreme religion- ISIS claimed responsibility for the Manchester Arena attack in 2017.
•Radicalisation- Shamima Begum was one of the 3 school girls from east London who travelled to Syria to join ISIS in 2015
What are 2 successes of NATO
•training Afghan military forces
65% of the country now has access to healthcare since 2021
Operation ocean shield
At the end of 2016 there had been no successful piracy attacks off the coast of Somalia
What are some military resolutions to terrorism
•ISAF (Afghanistan)-in 2011 ISAF fought back against an attack on the US embassy in Afghanistan. At I’ts height the force was more than 130,000 strong.
•operation ocean shield- since the missions end in 2016 there has been no successful piracy attempts off the coast of Somalia
What are some non military resolutions to terrorism
• UN-promoting a culture of peace- delivering humanitarian assistance to the displaced people after the 2015 Mali terror attack
• UN-To ensure no country is providing a base for terrorists- 14 global agreement have been negotiated under the UN including aircraft hi-jackings and terrorist bombings
What are 2 wider society consequences of terrorism
•Islamophobia- in 2018 France saw a 52% increase in Islamophobic incidents
•decline in tourism- France has suffered a loss of €2 billion as result of recent terrorist attacks
What are 2 consequences of terrorism in other countries
•prices of goods may rise- oil prices have risen due to terrorist attacks on refineries in Nigeria
• disruptions in the economy- following the Paris terror attack in 2015, Brussels was put on lockdown which meant that all businesses and services were to remain closed, costing €51.7million per day
What is single issue terrorism and an example of it
They don’t have a wider political/religious agenda but a single issue is justification
A white supremacist killed 9 members of the Emmanuel Affrean Methodist church-Dylan Roof said “blacks are taking over the world”
