Day 1: What Is Terrorism?
Exercise 2
Alex Schmid, Political Terrorism (New Brunswick, 1984), 76–77
| Use of violent force | 83.5% | 1 | 97% | 1 |
| Motivated by political goals | 65% | 2 | 65% | 2 |
| Intended to inspire fear or terror | 51% | 3 | 36% | 3 |
| Threat | 47% | 4 | 28% | 7 |
| Desire to sway opinions and evoke a psychological effect | 41.5% | 5 | 34% | 4 |
| Identifying intended targets or victims of act | 37.5% | 6 | 29.5% | 6 |
| Act is organized, purposeful, and planned | 32% | 7 | 32.5% | 5 |
| A method or strategy of combat | 30.5% | 8 | 24% | 9 |
| Willingness to kill without concern for loss of life | 30% | 9 | 26% | 8 |
| Use of coercion or extortion for intended outcome | 28% | 10 | 19% | 10 |
| Use of publicity or propaganda | 21.5% | 11 | 3.5% | 17 |
| Impersonal and indiscriminate use of violence | 21% | 12 | 12% | 13 |
| Targeting of civilians and innocent victims | 17.5% | 13 | 12% | 13a |
| Meant to intimidate | 17% | 14 | 12% | 13b |
| Publicity emphasizing the innocence of victims | 15.5% | 15 | 15.5% | 12 |
| Perpetrated by a group, organization, or movement | 14% | 16 | 18.5% | 11 |
| Symbolic meaning of action | 13.5% | 17 | 3.5% | 17a |
| Unpredictability or unexpectedness of attack | 9% | 18 | 7% | 16 |
| Covert or secret nature of the attack plan | 9% | 18a | 7% | 16a |
| Willingness to repeat and continue violence over a period of time | 7% | 19 | 10% | 14 |
| Action is criminal in nature | 6% | 20 | 12% | 13c |
| Attack and propaganda make demands on a third party | 4% | 21 | 8.5% | 15 |
Alex Schmid, Political Terrorism (New Brunswick, 1984), 76–77