Chapter summary In this chapter we review the existing literature on cross-national comparative studies of terrorism. We first conceptualize and define terrorism and discuss the benefits and limitations of open[…]
Chapter summary This chapter covers the current state of research on group level predictors of political and religiously motivated violence. It begins by explaining how group level data are collected[…]
Chapter summary This chapter explores radicalization processes in the United States and the range of potential extremist outcomes. A basic analysis of the Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United[…]
Chapter summary Radicalization refers to the process whereby an individual comes to endorse non-normative, and often violent, means as a mechanism for goal achievement. The present chapter discusses three psychological[…]
Chapter summary The process by which extremist ideas and behaviors develops is commonly referred to as “radicalization.” This chapter reviews some of the vexing issues in defining radicalization, particularly in[…]
Publisher’s description The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism features a collection of essays that represent the most recent criminological research relating to the origins and evolution of, along with[…]
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