Suicide Terrorism
it’s criminal justice subject
it’s a memo for Suicide Terrorism
the required textbook to read, pp161-192 and write about it: Post, Jerrold M. The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to Al Qaeda. New
York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
the instructions of the memo:
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[Opening – say why you are writing this. Explain your overall argument. Put that argument in context with larger debates or topics. Do not use facts or supporting
evidence here. 1/4memo]
[Summary – this is a discussion of the details of your argument/purpose in writing. Here you give 3-4 detailed points that, together, make-up the overall argument you
laid out in the Opening. This section should use short quotes, statistics or other evidence to support each claim made. You may use citations here, if you do, use
Turabian for your footnotes. 1/2 memo]
[Closing – tell the reader the big implication of your argument. Suggest further questions, research, or other activity that your exploration of the topic has led you
to. In other words, tell the reader why what you wrote is important and what to do next, if anything. 1/4 memo]
TOTAL MEMO MUST NOT EXCEED 2 pages, double-spaced.
For those using MS Word this sample can be found in your templates as the “Memo (elegant)” in the template search bar. File>New From Template>search term “memo”
