RT Article
T1 Opportunity, group structure, temporal patterns, and successful outcomes of far-right terrorism incidents in the United States
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 63
IS 10
SP 1224
OP 1249
A1 Klein, Brent R.
A1 Gruenewald, Jeff
A1 Smith, Brent L.
A2 Gruenewald, Jeff
A2 Smith, Brent L.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1577643690
AB Terrorism prevention has become the top priority among law enforcement and homeland security officials. To date, however, little empirical research has been conducted that directly compares the characteristics of successful terrorist attacks to failed and foiled terrorism incidents. To address this limitation in prior research, the current study examines the impact of opportunity, group structure, and temporally patterned precursor activities on far-right terrorism outcomes in the United States using data from the American Terrorism Study (ATS). Our findings partially support expectations that attractive and vulnerable targets, loners, conventional weaponry, and relatively fewer precursor activities are significantly associated with successful incidents.
K1 Terrorism
K1 Situational crime prevention
K1 Lone wolf
K1 Far-right extremism
K1 Einsamer-Wolf-Terrorismus
K1 Terrorismus
K1 Rechtsextremismus
DO 10.1177/0011128716654925