Deck 23: Understanding and Interviewing Terrorists

Question 1

The psychopathology of terrorism was believed to be driven by unconscious motives and impulses that had their origins in childhood.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Developing an organization or operational terrorist profile is not feasible.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What effect did the September 11 terrorist attack have on racial profiling in the United States?
a. The consensus of racial profiling in the nation changed
b. Americans pushed for racial profiling to be banned
c. Americans required police departments to collect data on racial profiling
d. All of the above

Answer 3

The consensus of racial profiling in the nation changedd.

Question 4

In instances where the interviewee is a senior or respected figure within the terrorist organization, it may be operationally advantageous to use an investigator who matches in terms of background, age, and seniority.

Question 5

Frederick Hacker proposed one of the first-known psychological typologies of terrorists. Which of the following is not part of the typology?
a. Crusaders
b. Criminals
c. Campaigners
d. Crazies

Question 6

The decision to deploy suicide terrorists results from a cost-benefit analysis.

Question 7

What percentage of articles on terrorism research actually provide substantially new knowledge and understanding?
a. 20
b. 40
c. 60
d. 80

Question 8

Which of the following is true regarding torture for information?
a. It makes for a good investigation
b. It leads to reliable information
c. It assists terrorist recruitment efforts
d. None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is true regarding suicide terrorism?
a. It is cheap
b. It is difficult to stop
c. It is efficient
d. All of the above

Question 10

Holmes and Holmes offer descriptions of 3 types of mass killers that could be used in an attempt to classify individual terrorists. Which of the following is not part of the typology?
a. The disciple mass killer
b. The ideological mass killer
c. The suicide mass killer
d. The set-and-run mass killer

Question 11

Profilers in the United States are generally ignorant of Islamic beliefs, cultures, and customs.

Question 12

Torturing terrorists often results in gaining useful information.

Question 13

There are compelling reasons to believe that terrorists are psychologically abnormal, insane, or of a unique psychological profile.

Question 14

The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, created an increased interest in the area of terrorist profiling.

Question 15

Convictions said to be in accordance with the will of God are referred to as which of the following?
a. Divine mandates
b. Moral mandates
c. Ethical mandates
d. Extremist mandates

Question 16

Which of the following is not a strategy for rapport-based interviews discussed in this chapter?
a. Interviewer-Interviewee matching
b. Attempt to understand the cultural background of the interviewee
c. Expect deception and learn to be a better lie detector
d. A terrorist has similar needs to a criminal

Question 17

Nomothetic terrorist profiling methods are generally based on insight into criminal behavior itself, rather than prejudice.

Question 18

Al Qaeda is Arabic for .
a. The base
b. The top
c. The peak
d. The highest

Question 19

Worldwide, actual experts on terrorism are few in number.

Question 20

Which of the following is identified as a problem within the field of terrorism research?
a. There isn't a consensus among experts on the definition of terrorism
b. Articles are mainly "thought pieces"
c. Many "experts" have never actually spoken to a terrorist
d. All of the above

Question 21

Define the term ideology. List the 2 different types of ideological mandates and provide an example of each.

Question 22

List and explain 3 strategies for rapport-based interviews with terrorists.

Question 23

Explain the impact that the September 11 terrorist attack had on racial profiling in the United States.