A TYPOLOGY OF TERRORISTS Type of Terrorist | Trait | Crazy Crusader Criminal | Motivation | self-centered unselfish selfish | Survival | strong, but almost strong self- Attitude | not based in sacrificial preservation | reality death offers | reward in | afterlife | Goals | clear only higher cause personal gain | to the (usually a profit | perpetrator blend of | religion and | politics | Willing to | usually, in seldom, since possible, but Negotiate | return for to do so only if police | profit/safe would be seen can determine | passage as betrayal motives and | to the cause offer hope/ | alternatives | Risk | high risk taker indifferent avoid high risk | to risk | Thought | highly personal task-oriented task-oriented Process | irrational moderately rational | rational | Behavior | unpredictable predictable/ predictable | unpredictable | Victims | random for symbolic/ instrumental | publicity | value | Audience | random largest group small group | possible | drawn from Frederick J. Hacker, Crusaders, Criminals, Crazies: Terror and Terrorism in Our Time. New York: W.W. Norton, l976, pp. 12-14. (Hacker.394 h/b)