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Jessica Maher-Smith

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There are three common forms of terrorism. These are: chemical terrorism, biological terrorism, assassination, suicide attack, bombing and hijacking.

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This is when biological organisms such as viruses are released into the atmosphere. It is very difficult to catch the terrorists when this is used. This type of attack is about terror and panic rather than mass destruction.

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Many public services have been under high alert since we had an attack in 2005, where explosives were aimed at transport in London. There was 52 deaths including the 4 bombers themselves.

Counter terrorism methods used in the UK are:

Education

Threat assessments

Awareness/vigilance campaigns

Promoting freedom of speech

Building relationships with communities who may feel oppressed

Control of immigration and asylum

Security of public buildings.

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I hope that by conducting an interview with the police I will be able to get an insight into how they implement these counter terrorism strategies and how they are continuing to develop them. This information i can then use to structure the question i will put in my questionnaire as this will be primary information that i will have found. This means I know this information is reliable. A major observation I have gathered has highlighted that not many of the younger community have much knowledge or understanding of counter terrorist measures. This I feel needs to be highlighted and observed. Terrorism is becoming more frequent, this is evident with the amount of terrorist attacks in the summer of 2017. One of these attacks occurred at an arena and was targeted at a young group. If we can raise more awareness and understanding, children may be more vigilant and aware of their surroundings.

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To gather my research I aim to conduct interviews and questionnaires with police officers and students in a school.

Interviews;

Interviews need to be of a particular standard and the same for all. The questions I will ask will be specific and offer the interviewee a range of answers. I will be using both open and closed questions to analyse. I hope that by using open questions I will gain opinions and explanations from the interviewee. When asking these questions I will also be monitoring their body language and how this changes. The interview will be in person this is so I can get a thorough observation of the individual.

The other method of research I will use is questionnaires. Before giving out the questionnaire I will ensure my respondents know the reasoning for the research and do not have to participate if they do not wish to. By conducting questionnaires i do not need to be present when they are being filled in. Due to this being a younger target audience i think this will be better as it wont be as intimidating for them and they are more likely to give honest answers.

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For my research project I will be studying the. Police Service. I will be conducting  research in relation to Northumbria Police because in the city of Newcastle and Gateshead we have a number of tourist attractions that could be a potential target for terrorist activity. I aim to study terrorism and what impact this has on Northumbria Police. Terrorism is increasing and is a major threat in everyday life. Due to the increase of terrorism all emergency services need to be prepared in case an attack was to occur. Counter terrorism measures need to be in place to try and combat terrorists.

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This is the use of a toxic chemical that is released into the atmosphere or a water system. This is used to create casualties and demoralise the population. An example of this is from the terrorist group Aum SHinrikyo, they were responsible for releasing sarin gas in an underground in Tokyo.

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In this the terrorists will detonate an explosive device in an area

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In this kind of attack the terrorist aims to die during it. The most common type associates the terrorist as a ‘human bomb’ this is because the explosives are attached on a vest that they wear and remains on the terrorist when it is detonated. Individuals in the community may not notice it is being worn therefore this method is effective and created many casualties when detonated. An example of this is the Manchester Arena attack. In this one lone terrorist detonated his vest at a pop concert. There were multiple individuals with injuries and there were even deaths recorded.

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I am still waiting to be approved by the ethics panel within the college. once I have the permission for this I aim to start my primary research.

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This is commonly done by taking over a civilian aircraft by a terrorist group. In this a pilot is forced to fly the aircraft wherever the terrorist say or the crew and passengers will be hostages or killed until their demands are met. The most significant hijacking was September 11th 2001 where an aircraft was flown into the world trade centres.

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This is usually a targeted individual who could be perceived to be a potential threat to the terrorist group. If the victim of the attack is a high profile person there will be publicity generated from it which may mean there will be an increase in fear of the terror group.