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This article addresses the definition of terrorism. It is intended to provide a foundation from which to understand the recent attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Although terrorism appears to be much less dangerous than other forms of violence, it seems to command more attention. In order to respond to terrorism, a clear definition is necessary. Terrorism is defined by Title 22 of the U.S. Code as politically motivated violence perpetrated in a clandestine manner against noncombatants. Experts on terrorism also include another aspect in the definition: the act is committed in order to create a fearful state of mind in an audience different from the victims. Whether or not an act is considered terrorism also depends on whether a legal, moral, or behavioral perspective is used to interpret the act. If a legal or moral perspective is used, the values of the interpreter are the focus rather than the act itself. A behavioral perspective appears to be best suited for interpreting and reacting to terrorism.

This paper analyses and compares the operation of the criminal governance that conditions the routine and activities of the residents and the justice and security system officials of three border cities. Ethnographic strategies, such as observation, interviews, and informal conversations identified the actors, the goods, and services they exploit, as well as the mechanisms of institutional and social interaction. They act with impunity in these territories due to the control of political commodities, institutional infiltration and different mechanisms of coercion based on symbolic and brutal violence, and the engagement of criminal and disciplinary sanctioning processes, which generate terror and build social fear. ; Este artículo analiza y compara de qué manera opera la gobernanza criminal que condiciona la rutina y actividades de pobladores y operadores del sistema de justicia y seguridad en tres ciudades fronterizas. Estrategias etnográficas, tales como observaciones, entrevistas y conversaciones informales identificaron a los actores, las mercancías y servicios que explotan, así como los mecanismos de interacción institucional y social. Actúan con impunidad en estos territorios debido a la adquisición de mercancías políticas, infiltración institucional y distintos mecanismos de coerción basados en la violencia simbólica y brutal, y la activación de procesos penales y disciplinarios sancionatorios, que generan terror y acumulan el miedo social. ; Entre o terror e a acumulação social do medo: Governança criminal em três cidades paraguaias fronteiriças com Argentina e Brasilanalisa e compara a governança criminal que condiciona a rotina e as atividades dos moradores e operadores do sistema de justiça e segurança em três cidades fronteiriças. Estratégias etnográficas como observações, entrevistas e conversas informais identificaram os atores, os bens e os serviços que exploram e os mecanismos de interação institucional e social. Eles atuam impunemente nesses territórios por meio da aquisição de mercadorias ...