Confronting Apocalyptic Terrorism: Lessons from France and Japan
Journal abstract Terrorists who believe they have a role to play in bringing about the apocalypse pose a serious threat to countries around the world. In their quest to eradicate[…]
Category: Terms and Definitions
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Terrorist Transgressions: Gender and the Visual Culture of the Terrorist
Publisher’s description Terrorism has a variety of contexts, histories and forms which have all been the focus of intense scrutiny in recent years, whilst cultural representations of the terrorist have[…]
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Terrorism and the Right to Resist: A Theory of Just Revolutionary War
Publisher’s description The words ‘rebellion’ and ‘revolution’ have gained renewed prominence in the vocabulary of world politics and so has the question of justifiable armed ‘resistance’. In this book Christopher[…]
Conceptualizing Terrorism
Publisher’s description Conceptualizing Terrorism argues that, in the post 9/11 world, the need for an internationally agreed definition of terrorism is more important than it has ever been, despite the[…]
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Surveying American State Police Agencies About Terrorism Threats, Terrorism Sources, and Terrorism Definitions
Journal abstract This study presents American state police agencies’ perceptions about three significant terrorism and public safety issues. First, we asked about the threat posed by specified extremist groups nationally[…]
Twenty-first century jihad: Law, society and military action
Publisher’s description The term ‘jihad’ has come to be used as a byword for fanaticism and Islam’s allegedly implacable hostility towards the West. But, like other religious and political concepts,[…]
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Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge: European and American Experiences
Publisher’s description Osama bin Laden’s demise in May 2011 marked only the symbolic end of an era. By the time of his killing, he no longer represented the Robin Hood[…]
Disengagement, De-radicalization and the Arc of Terrorism: Future Directions for Research
This chapter is part of an edited collection, ‘Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge‘, which is also included on this site. The reason for including this chapter separately is that[…]
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Radicalisation: The Journey of a Concept
Journal abstract Since 2004, the term ‘radicalisation’ has become central to terrorism studies and counter-terrorism policy-making. As US and European governments have focused on stemming ‘home-grown’ Islamist political violence, the[…]
Social Network Analysis and Small Group ‘Dark’ Networks: An Analysis of the London Bombers and the Problem of ‘Fuzzy’ Boundaries
Journal abstract Social network analysis (SNA) is believed to be capable of revealing significant insights into crime and terror groups, including identifying important individuals and unique approaches to disruption. However,[…]
A micro-sociological analysis of homegrown violent extremist attacks in the UK in 201717 April, 2019
Tunisian terrorist fighters: a grassroots perspective15 April, 2019- Ostracism promotes a terroristic mindset12 April, 2019
- The radicalization of the Kanes: family as a primary group influence?10 April, 2019