An Empirical Examination on the Severity of Lone-Actor Terrorist Attacks

Autor:	Joshua D. Freilich, Noah D. Turner, Steven M. Chermak
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	021110 strategic defence & security studies Empirical examination Political science 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Terrorism 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 0509 other social sciences Criminology Law Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Zdroj:	Crime & Delinquency. 69:915-942
ISSN:	1552-387X 0011-1287
Popis:	Lone-actor terrorists have increasingly attracted the attention of researchers, policymakers, and practitioners alike. Despite this enhanced interest, few studies have compared the outcomes of lone-actor terrorist attacks with other terrorists, and those that have do not consider the terrorists’ intention to kill in an attack. This study utilizes a sample of 230 terrorist homicide incidents from the Extremist Crime Database to examine the extent to which lone-actors perpetrate more severe attacks than other terrorists. We find that lone-actors are significantly associated with more severe attack outcomes when controlling for the intention to kill. We conclude by commenting on the utility of these findings in U.S. counterterrorism policy and the importance for future research to account for actors’ intentions when assessing terrorist attack severity
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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