What distinguishes an act of violent crime from an act of terrorism?
a. Acts of violent crime are punished in a court of law; terrorist acts are punished in military courts.
b. The purpose or motivation underlying the act is different.
c. By definition, terrorismunlike violent crimeinvolves inflicting violence against innocent people.
d. Terrorist acts involve significantly greater violence than acts of violent crime.
e. Terrorist acts are generally better organized than acts of violent crime.
Question 2
What significant innovation in terrorism does Hoffman identify as having emerged in recent years?
a. the development of leaderless cells with little or no organizational structure
b. the emergence of terrorist groups devoted to political rather than ideological goals
c. the development of international networks of terrorist cells operating in numerous different countries and organized and led by a command center in yet another country
d. the emergence of lone terrorists who act on their own with no ideological or organizational affiliation
e. the blurring of the distinction among guerrillas, insurgents, and terrorists
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