Domestic Terrorism Domestic terrorism has been in the spotlight since 9/11. But now domestic terrorism is becoming increasingly common among hate groups across the nation. Domestic terrorism can be defined as visible crime or “street crime.” These acts would consist of violent crimes (acts against people that result in injury or death), property crimes (acts that threaten property owned by individuals or the state), and public order crimes. (acts that threaten the general well-being of society and challenge accepted moral principles) However it can also be described as political crime (criminal acts carried out by or against the government for ideological purposes) which would include 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing bombings. This article relates directly to the definition of sociology, which is the systematic study of social behavior and human groups. This news is sociological because it focuses on terrorism which is an act of violence (social/deviant behavior) against a person, a group or an entire nation (human groups). This article focuses on the behavior of domestic terrorist groups or gangs of people such as “white supremacists, anti-government activists, militia members, eco-terrorists, and corporate haters.” [1] “They include violent anti-abortionists and black and brown nationalists who envision a separate state for blacks and Latinos.” [1] In this article I will use domestic terrorist groups as the name for the groups listed above. (hate groups, etc.) Many sociological concepts can be applied to this news article; however there are four specific ones that I think are the best, namely social structure, roles, deviance and social control. Every society has a social structure, which is how a society is organized into predictable/patterned relationships. This refers directly to human groups, i.e. white supremacists, etc. which is discussed in the article. When you belong to such a group you represent something and the people who occupy the group consider it their own society in which they make their own rules and regulations. They take on different roles that are deviant for our society but acceptable for theirs. In the case of this article these groups plan and/or commit violent acts against people or other groups because they believe it is acceptable, which we believe would be orga...... middle of paper...... to mailing list . This would include sending each organization a packet containing the survey (however formatted) and a letter requesting participation. Then, over a period of time, monitor which organizations respond and which do not. For those who do not respond, a reminder letter or even another package could be sent back to the organization. Afterwards you could send another letter, but it should probably stop at that point, as the organizations probably don't want to respond. In conclusion, domestic terrorism is recognized by all law enforcement agencies as a "problem." They all agree that the issue needs to be looked at thoroughly and that efforts to counter domestic terrorism need to develop rapidly. Although in the article “the police state that the number of people arrested for planning domestic terrorist acts is greater than the number of people arrested for actually carrying out the terrorist acts”,[1] there is still a lot of work to be done on the issue . There should be an equal amount of focus on domestic and domestic terrorism in our country. References: [1] Copeland, Larry. “Domestic terrorism: new problems at home”. USA TODAY November 15, 2004, National. and. : 1A – 2A