2 Part Assignment for Consideration
Weekly Discussion Question
1. Analyze the media’s effect on terrorism. Speculate on the end result
that each side (the media and the terrorist group) hopes to gain from
the other. Assess the degree to which media coverage of a terrorist
attack can affect the public and its perception of the terrorist group.
Provide at least one (1) example of such media usage that supports your
response.
2. Explain the various ways in which terrorists use the Internet to aid
their terrorist activities. Evaluate the degree to which terrorists use
the Internet to advance their cause. Provide at least one (1) example of
such Internet usage that supports your response.
3. Describe at least four (4) different force multipliers that terrorists
use. Evaluate the effectiveness of each of these force multipliers in
contributing to the success of a terrorist attack. Justify your
response.
4. Choose one of the four (4) force multipliers you described in the first
part of this discussion and provide a specific example from an actual
real-life terrorist attack that demonstrates the utilization of the
force multiplier by a terrorist group. Assess the effectiveness of that
terrorist group’s use of the force multiplier in question. Justify your
response.
Explain in your own words the importance of ethics in both public and
private security. Devise at least one (1) scenario regarding ethics in
public and/or private security and determine what you believe the most
ethical course of action would have been in that scenario. Justify your
response.
PART 2
Assignment #2: The Legality of Security Work
Due Week Four (4)
Choose
either public or private security and write a 2-3 page paper on the
elements of negligent liability and the legal issues associated with the
performance of security work. Provide examples of negligent liability
and how it can be prevented for public or private security.>
This paper should adhere to APA 5th edition style standards including the following:
- Double space
- 1″ margins
- Title page
- In text citation of references
- Reference page

