Fall 2024
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Course No: CRIM.5710-031; SIS Class Nbr: 5149; SIS Term: 3410
Course Status: Registration Closed
Course Description
This course examines the evolution and contemporary nature of domestic terrorist threats and violent extremist movements that the U.S. has confronted over the past several decades. Special attention is focused on right-wing militias, religious extremists, racial supremacist/hate groups, and extreme environmental and animal rights groups. Students will also learn about political and socioeconomic factors that enable a terrorist group's ideological resonance, prison radicalization, the role of the Internet in mobilizing individuals toward violent behavior, and the legal and criminal justice dimensions of responses to terrorism.
Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor
- Prerequisites: Students with a CSCE career need permission to take Graduate Level Courses.
- Core Codes: SS, NO COST
- Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
- Instructor: Assaf Moghadam
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Materials: No cost course materials available
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Textbook Information
When Offered & Tuition
- Online Course
- 2024 Fall: Sep 04 to Dec 20
- Course Level: Graduate
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Tuition: $1800
- Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.
Related Programs: Graduate Certificate in Forensic Criminology, M.A. in Criminal Justice, Graduate Certificate in Security Studies, M.S. in Security Studies: Critical Infrastructure Protection Concentration, M.A. in Security Studies: Homeland Defense Concentration
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