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YouTube Video Case Studies: Psychology of Criminal Behavior
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YouTube Video Case Studies: Psychology of Criminal Behavior
So far, Muslim extremist violent attacks have been experienced in areas such as Sydney, New York, and Brussels. Case study 1 warns on the imminent threat of homegrown terrors which is caused by US airstrikes in the Muslim states. As much as the US is successful in curbing terrorism overseas, they increase the chances of home attacks. This is because the country increases lone wolf sympathizers in the US (“New Info on Lone Wolf Terror Threat on American Soil!”, 2018). These extremist groups are linked to Osama bin Laden. In this light, according to Kaczynski’s (2013) article, most people become terrorists to correct prevailing injustices. For instance, Osama bin Laden may have felt that the US was doing an injustice by attacking muslim countries, and as such, Osama retailited by attacking the US. Further, Ibrahim Al- Asiri, Al Qaeda`s top male explosive designer, is known to have the choleric type of personality and he is determined to teach other students the skill. As such, he is viewed as a significant threat. Ibrahim Al- Asiri has once or twice tried various attack attempts in the US. He has even designed an underwear bomb that once failed to be noticed by airport security. The US is a free country, and it is, therefore, hard to trace individuals who are terrorists.
In case study 2, Stanley Milgram who was a Jewish social psychologist, believed that personality, genetic components and the current situation influence behavior.

The power of the situation could transform people and get them to do things they would not imagine doing. The power of the situation could transform people and get them to do things they would not imagine. He wanted to understand how ordinary people could do inhumane things without the limitations of consciousness under the authority. This explains how Hitler got his people to kill the Jews (“Stanley Millgram: Obedience to Authority,” 2018). In this light, Stanley Millgram conducted a series of experiments on obedience under authority. In May 1962, he experimented on 40 males ranging from 20-50 years. The subjects were exposed to painful electrical shots by an instructor when they failed to answer the questions correctly. The instructor increased shots of pain one step after each error. The study proved that as much as people were in a painful situation, they still obeyed the authority figure.

References
Kaczynski, A. (2013). Reasons Why Young People Become Terrorists. Retrieved from https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/reasons-why-young-people-become-terrorists
New Info on Lone Wolf Terror Threat on American Soil!. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU_G7tCk4CA
Stanley Millgram: Obedience to Authority. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9l_puxcrlM