RT Article
T1 An Empirical Examination on the Severity of Lone-Actor Terrorist Attacks
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 5
SP 915
OP 942
A1 Turner, Noah
A1 Chermak, Steven M. 1964-
A1 Freilich, Joshua D.
A2 Chermak, Steven M. 1964-
A2 Freilich, Joshua D.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869091442
AB 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
K1 attack severity
K1 intention to kill
K1 lone-actor
K1 Terrorism
DO 10.1177/00111287211022609