The psychology of lone-wolf terrorism
Journal abstract Lone-wolf terrorism is a growing concern for security and a puzzle for social science. We describe two very different cases of lone-wolf terrorism: a meek secretary in nineteenth[…]
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Measuring Political Mobilization: The Distinction Between Activism and Radicalism
Journal abstract In this paper we review and extend measures of political mobilization: the increasing extremity of beliefs, feelings, and behaviors in support of inter-group conflict. Building on previous research,[…]
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Toward a Profile of Lone Wolf Terrorists: What Moves an Individual From Radical Opinion to Radical Action
Journal abstract: Research has shown that there is no profile of individual characteristics of group-based terrorists, but profiling the characteristics of lone wolf terrorists may yet be possible. In this[…]
Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us
From publishers: Explores the ways in which people are radicalized, an issue that is particularly important to the public in the post-9/11 era Draws from a wide range of case[…]
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Mechanisms of political radicalization : pathways towards terrorism
The article is a good example of the type of theory that seeks to explain how ‘normal’ people come to act in abnormal ways.
Transnational Organized Crime and Jihadist Terrorism16 September, 2019
The Dark Tetrad and radicalization: personality profiles in young women13 September, 2019
Routledge Handbook of Critical Terrorism Studies11 September, 2019
Is It Terrorism?: Public Perceptions, Media, and Labeling the Las Vegas Shooting9 September, 2019