Describe the differences between homegrown or domestic extremism and terrorism
HLSS323/Homegrown Violent Extremism: Midterm Assignment: HVE and Radicalization
Instructions
For this assignment, you will write a research paper addressing the following issues:
- Describe the differences between homegrown or domestic extremism and terrorism and provide your own definition of each. Make sure to specify the differences between HVEs and DVEs and how extremists differ from terrorists.
- Compare and contrast at least two different radicalization models. Highlight any key similarities and differences.
- Choose either a purely domestic extremist group or a foreign terrorist organization and briefly describe the main inspiration (thegrievance or cause). You can pick any extremist or terrorist group you like to describe the ideology or what cause drives them.
This Midterm Assignment addresses the following course objectives:
CO-1: Describe the psychological factors of terrorism as well as the ideologies that drive homegrown violent extremism.
CO-2: Compare and contrast the different models and framework for the radicalization process.
Technical Requirements
- Your paper must be at a minimum of 4-6 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit).
- Scholarly and credible references should be used. A good rule of thumb is at least 2 scholarly sources per page of content. A scholarly source is a peer reviewed article, government publication, or academic text.
- Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
- Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
- Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.
- All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.
Describe the differences between homegrown or domestic extremism and terrorism
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