What are the four elements of terrorism?

What are the four elements of terrorism?

Terrorism is often, though not always, defined in terms of four characteristics: (1) the threat or use of violence; (2) a political objective; the desire to change the status quo; (3) the intention to spread fear by committing spectacular public acts; (4) the intentional targeting of civilians.

What are the four key themes included in the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015?

pursue: to stop terrorist attacks. protect: to strengthen our protection against terrorist attacks. prepare: where an attack cannot be stopped, to mitigate its impact.

What are the four elements of the government’s counter terrorism strategy?

Whilst our actions seek to reduce the risk from terrorism, we will not be able to stop all attacks. 27 This updated and strengthened version of CONTEST continues with the tried and tested strategic framework of four work strands: Prevent, Pursue, Protect and Prepare.

What are the main points of Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015?

Government publications The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 contains a duty on schools, colleges, and other specified authorities, to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. These authorities must have regard to the attached guidance when complying with the duty.

What are the key features of Prevent?

A key part of the Prevent strategy is promoting the idea of ‘British values’ in schools….These 4 key principles are:

• Democracy.
• The Rule of Law.
• Individual liberty.
• Mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, and for those without faith.

What is the government’s Prevent strategy?

The Prevent strategy, published by the Government in 2011, is part of our overall counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST. The aim of the Prevent strategy is to reduce the threat to the UK from terrorism by stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.

What are the 3 objectives of the Prevent strategy?

The Prevent strategy has three specific strategic objectives: 1. Respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism and the threat faced from those who promote it; 2. Prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure that they are given appropriate advice and support; and 3.

What is the main aim of the Prevent duty?

The aim of the Prevent strategy is to reduce the threat to the UK from terrorism by stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. In the Act this has simply been expressed as the need to “prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”.