...Terrorism of the Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski Intro to Criminal Justice Abstract Theodore Kaczynski also known as the Unabomber terrorized for many years for his own selfish political motives. He caused fear in America as he used letter bombs sent by mail as his act of destruction. Terrorism of the Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski Theodore Kaczynski, nicknamed the Unabomber by the FBI displayed all the terrorism characteristics outlined by criminologist Gwynn Nettler. Kaczynski’s terror began in 1978 until his arrest in April of 1996. His sheltered childhood upbringing was viewed to be a contributing factor to his lack of social skills. He was renowned as a brilliant mathematician and served as a professor at the University of California at Berkeley until 1969. The Unabomber waged a political war for his stance on modern technology. In 1978 Kaczynski began creating homemade bombs out of household items and mailing them to various targets which were mainly universities and airlines. As time went on he began to progress and use more lethal explosives, a mix of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. The bomb's shrapnel consisted of tacks, nails, and bits of lead, with stamped initials FC for Freedom Club (K. Lerner and B. Wilmoth-Lerner 2006). The Unabomber injured and killed innocent students, professors and university officials as well as the president of United Airlines. He was ultimately responsible for 16 mail bombs that killed three people...
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...Biopsychosocial Case Study Paper Theodore (Ted) John Kaczynski—AKA the Unabomber—was born May 22, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Wanda and Theodore Richard Kaczynski (Meyer, Chapman & Weaver, 2009). The date of his first recorded attack was on May 25, 1978 when a package exploded at Northwestern University, and his last attack was on April 24, 1995 aimed at the California Forestry Association. However, before the spree of attacks—mostly targeting universities and airlines—Theodore Kaczynski’s life was marked by antisocial tendencies, flattened affectivity, and interpersonal dysfunction. During his primary and secondary Ted played by himself and his mother encouraged socially isolated activities, such as reading. He graduated high school one year early but was not remembered specifically by most of his class mates. He received his Ph.D. in 1967 from the University of Chicago and taught at the university level for several years before abruptly quitting and moving to a secluded cabin in Montana. Even though several diagnoses of psychological disorder are warranted, the diagnosis of schizoid personality disorder (SPD) best describes the particular features exhibit by the Unabomber over the course of his upbringing and adult years. Though, to piece together a diagnosis of SPD and the life events of Ted an overview of the case study must be presented, the psychological, social, and biological precursors of the disorder must be examined, and the application of the behavioral-cognitive...
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..."Twenty-one years ago on April 3rd, 1996 Theodore John Kaczynski was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. Ted Kaczynski was blamed to be the Unabomber that caused 16 mails bombs which killed 3 people and injured several during an 18-year period." As said by editors on History.com ("Unabomber arrested." History.com, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/unabomber-arrested. Accessed 10 May 2017.) All though Ted is still alive and well today he is 75-years-old. He has not been released out of prison, he is currently in the Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado. "On January 22nd, 1998, Ted was put on trial and plead guilty on all counts of crime and was spared the death penalty. He was sentenced to four...
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...Domestic Terrorism Domestic Terrorism Domestic terrorism has continued to reemerge throughout history. From the late the birth of America to the present day 20th century, the threat of terrorism continues to be a fact of everyday life for millions of people. From the unsuccessful assassination attempt on President Truman to the topping of the Twin Towers in New York, the United States continues the war on terrorism, except this war isn’t abroad, but here at home. Armed with the latest technology, intelligence, manpower, and unrelenting intestinal fortitude, the most powerful nation in the world, continues to do what they can to eliminate terrorism (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2011). Terrorism is the use of violence to instill fear in a person or a group of people for ideological, religious or political reasons. Terrorist usually target public places or public officials. Their targets are something or someone who would get the attention of the people so that it could strike fear into the masses of people. Some of the public entities could be famous people, government buildings or monuments, or military members. This type of military tactics is known as guerrilla warfare strategy. Many experts agree that one person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter. Experts also agree that random violence against civilians (non-combatants) is the type of actions taken by terrorists for achieving a political goal, on a scale smaller than full scale warfare. Political...
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...All- American Dialects was written by Richard Lederer. Mr. Lederer was a lifelong student of language. In All- American Dialects Lederer presented many different ways that American speaks and dialects that are being used around the United States. Many states talk with different accents and broken- English. Dialects was a major way of knowing if a person is from a different state. Due to the fact, that many states have different accents they use that to their advantage with specific things. Such as making access code because some different states could not say specific letters they use that to get people who was trying to spy or find out specific things. Lederer presented in the article how a Unabomber who had terrorized the nation was caught...
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...1. What is Merrick Garland's professional background? • From what I have read it says that, Merrick Garland attended Harvard Law School. First, he was a clerk for Supreme Court Justice William Brennan. Second, he went into private practice before taking a job as a federal prosecutor during President George H.W. Bush's administration. Also, Garland occupied top posts in the Justice Department before becoming a judge. Garland big cases includes the Oklahoma City bombing, the Unabomber case, and the Atlanta Olympics bombing. Currently, he is the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. 2. What is your opinion of the nominee? (You will need to read some articles about him and NOT blogs to be able to answer this.) • In my opinion, based on what I have read, the nomination is justifiable. Garland started as a clerk and for that he earned the experience and knows the ins and outs of the system. His age in my opinion is an advantage due to the fact that he has gained more experience. Also, it says he has earned the respect from both the Republicans and the Democrats. It just shows that the person has integrity. 3....
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...Americans Don’t Understand Their Heritage Is Itself a Threat Over the past few years a new threat has been encountered by the United States. This threat does not come from away, but from within. It is known as domestic terrorism. This has been seen over the past decade in the form of violence and terrorism across the United States. This has become a threat to American security and the American people in general. To battle against this issue, Congress has upheld the Anti-Terrorism Act in 1996. One of the best examples on examining these acts of uproar can be viewed, seen and understood by studying the case of the Oklahoma bombing which occurred in 1996. Major newspaper headlines have also described the World Trade Center bombing, the Unabomber’s arrest and Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta as other major cases. All this demonstrates how sinister1 terrorism is in American society. This paper will explain background data on anarchy/terrorism, case studies including the Oklahoma bombing, government’s reaction toward terrorism. In addition terrorism now and the years coming. A number of terrorist attacks in the 1990s have brought the fear to the public, giving rise to vulnerability2 between many Americans. Most terrorist incidents in the United States have been bombing attacks, involving detonated and undetonated explosive devices, tear gas and pipe and fire bombs. The effects of terrorism can cause loss of life and injuries to property damage and disruptions in services such...
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...was likely a transcendentalist but she mostly maintained her modern life while she abided by the ideals of the movement, similar to the way that some people follow the philosophy of a church but aren’t actively participating. Compared to someone like Christopher McCandless or Thoreau she wasn’t quite as extreme, this is true for most people, you have the people that like to follow the conventions of society, while others do nothing but resist the flow of society. Then of course you can get the extremes on both ends, the people who actively seek to support and go with the patterns of society and life, and there are others who barely see the difference between humans and animals, such as another famous transcendentalist Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber. He was about as extreme as a transcendentalist can get, to the point of bombing people he claimed were “...perpetuating the industrial...
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...awards nominations from the Golden Globes, and an Emmy. The series first episode opens with a sex scene where Hank is cheating on his long term girlfriend/wife/“baby momma” but uses his wit, and aptitude to escape from the woman's husband, he escapes in his Porsche that has a headlight out but not before downing a flask of whiskey. Californication shows the viewer from the beginning what the comedy series will entail over the next seven seasons. Hank the main character is influenced throughout the series by his previously mentioned girlfriend Karen, she is the father of his child Becca who both play a huge influence throughout the series, which appears to be why Hank hasn't gone off the deep end and moved into a shack in Montana leading a Unabomber style life. Throughout the series Hank leads a life of sex addiction, substance abuse, and general douchebaggery on his way back (repeated attempts) to land in Karens good graces, and settle down with Becca and Karen. However, as the series progresses Hank seemingly digresses from his ultimate goal of having a stable family. Hank always has distractions such as his visit to rehab, which takes up much of season 5, his stachatory rape case where he was duped, and repeated attempts at relationships with other women. Although the distractions tend to take away from Hanks abilities as an author, and goals, I often found this to be an entertaining side note that led the series on many hilarious plot twists throughout the series that leaves...
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...Truthtelling Truthtelling relates to the press' obligation to print the truth under all conditions. Challenges facing the press' obligation to tell the truth: ▪ Newspapers must live within the larger ambiguities about truth. ▪ Budget constraints, deadlines, reader expectations, editorial conventions, and self-serving sources complicate truthtelling. Journalism is often referred to as “history in a hurry’’ and providing a precise, representative account can rarely occur under such conditions. ▪ Journalistic gatekeepers must choose from unceasing news generated by emerging information technologies. “Truth” in news reporting must be enlarged beyond a simple facts-only definition. Both newsgathering and newswriting processes must be considered. Opposite of truthtelling is deception, that is, deliberate intention to mislead (see Sissela Bok's book, “Lying”). Deception is newswriting is rare, but deception in newsgathering is a persistent temptation, because it often facilitates the process of securing information. There are five cases that demonstrate the dimensions of the truthtelling issue in journalism and media ethics: 1. Al Jazeera: This case examines the Arab news network, Al Jazeera, an independent news organization based in Qatar. Does Al Jazeera slant its news against the West? Many Western journalists and governments are not convinced that Al Jazeera is neutral or un-biased in its reporting. In a region where state owned media dominates the...
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...Neo-Luddism is a modern movement of personal views that oppose technology. Neo-Luddism is based on the Luddism of British Luddites who existed in the 19th century. The British Luddites as well as today Neo-Luddites are known for protesting and destroying private property. As stated the Neo-Luddites still raises ethical and moral arguments against the invention of new technology. They think that today technology has taken control rather than facilitated. Neo-Luddites thinks such leviathans can threaten our essential humanity. As a result of new technology being invented, they feel its only going to get worst. The Neo-Luddites have similar feelings about the new industrial revolution (but embrace modern branding. (BBC News, March 2001) Neo-Luddites do not have hatred towards new technology, but they do not like the way new technology is taking over. They feel that technology is the cause of many people losing their livelihoods. They question technology. They want the society as a whole to see the effects technology will have on us. They also do not agree with the way we treat nature. They have many strengths and weaknesses. Some of their strengths are that they have reached a number of people with the idea of being cautious about accepting new technology and they also have reached out to a number of people about the way nature is being treated and destroyed. Some of the weaknesses are that new technology is being developed everyday and that their message is not getting across...
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...premises are unsound because they do not address the major concerns that will affect the wellbeing of humankind. For instance, Savulescu states that enhancement will greatly improve the lifespan of humans, eradicate disease, and improve fertility, but he does not address the issue of overpopulation (Savulescu, 882).These findings have important implications for the broader domain relating to potential dangerous affairs because it would result in nations competing for limited resources. Furthermore, Savulescu states that we can create intellectually gifted children that possess universally desired traits (Savulescu, 883) but that does not mean the world would be full of happy people. For example, Ted Kaczynski ( popularly known as the Unabomber) is a highly intelligent mathematician who used his intelligence to plot a terrorist attack. Also, Savulescu tends to forget that choosing one or two specific traits to enhance would not improve one’s life. There are many uncontrollable factors such as economic, cultural and generational that constitute the making of a “good life”. ...
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...On 15 April 2013 at 2:38pm two men carrying backpacks walked down the crowded Boylston Street towards the finish line of the Boston Marathon. At 2:42pm the men split and one continued towards the marathon finish line. At 2:45pm the second man moves too in front of the Forum restaurant where he places his backpack on the ground. At 2:49pm the second man makes a call on his cell phone and an explosion erupts to the east on Boylston Street. The second man turns and walks west ten seconds later a second explosion goes off in front of the Forum restaurant. These blasts caused three deaths and 264 injuries. (Botelho, 2013) The people responsible for this attack were not Al-Qaida terrorist trained in Yemen, but instead were two refugees who had legally emigrated here from border area of Russia and Chechnya. They were attending college and were seemingly assimilating into American life. Neither of the two men had ties to any terrorist group, but instead became self-radicalized through jihadist websites and learned how to construct improvised explosive devices on the internet; this has become a disturbing trend in domestic terrorism. Extremist’s websites have allowed Americans to become domestic terrorists, without any terrorism affiliation or training, through self-radicalization; teaching them how to construct weapons of mass destruction; and how to plan and conduct terrorist attacks. The persuasive techniques employed by extremist’s websites have been effective tools in the radicalization...
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...Application of Clinical Psychology PSY/480 October 24, 2011 Catie Brodehl, Psy.D Application of Clinical Psychology Clinical psychologists must deal with many mental disorders. The mental disorders can include anything from Obsessive Compulsive Behavior to Schizophrenia. To understand the application of clinical psychology in a real-world environment, the case study of Theodore Kaczynski was chosen for review. Theodore Kaczynski suffered from schizoid personality disorder. The symptoms of people suffering from schizoid personality disorder (SPD) are usually exhibited by asocial behavior, shyness, problems with expression of emotions and dysfunction in his or her ability to form social relationships. Although SPD falls into the ‘schizophrenic spectrum’ of disorders it is different because the person with SPD is in touch with reality, unlike an individual with a true schizophrenic disorder. The case study of Theodore Kaczynski is also interesting in that the prevalence of SPD in the general American population is less than 1% with individual studies showing occurrences as high as 3% in some communities (Hessess & Thylstrup, 2009). Case Study – Theodore John Kaczynski Theodore John Kaczynski known as Ted was born on May 22, 1942. During his childhood he did not interact with other children and stayed to himself in his neighborhood. Growing up his mother was concerned with Ted because he did not play with other children. Ted was a fairly quiet, shy, and a loner...
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...Argument The Need for the FBI Over the years, the FBI has grown from a small bureau into a service that not only the nation needs, but also the world. It has helped in many significant cases throughout history, such as Al Capone, the Unabomber, Bonnie and Clyde, and without the FBI, would not have been solved or taken care of as easily (“Famous Cases” 1). These have proven to make the environment a better place to live in. The FBI is needed to protect the country’s safety and the well being of each individual daily. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has grown to be an immune system that is needed, to protect the country, the individual’s and the environment that is lived in every single day, by protecting us from terrorism, cyber fraud, technology crime, etc. The Federal Bureau’s history is actually exceptionally complex and interesting. It happens to “originat[e] from a force of Special Agents created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt” (“FBI History” 1). But when it was first founded it rarely had to deal with federal crimes. Bonaparte and Roosevelt worked together to figure out the ways that the FBI would come together to help the country and how it would benefit from this government service. One of their genius ways to improve the country’s safety was by “creating a corps of Special Agents” (“FBI History” 1). Although some believed that Bonaparte was a Progressive, at other times they believe that he was not. (Jones...
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