Decoding terrorism: an interdisciplinary approach to a lone-actor case

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"This Element is an interdisciplinary analysis of the language evidence produced before, during and following a lone-actor terrorism attack in Halle, Germany, on October 9, 2019, resulting in two casualties. During his final preparations, the perpetrator, twenty-seven-year-old Stephan Balliet,...

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Main Author: Kupper, Julia (Author)
Contributors: Bojsen-Møller, Marie ; Christensen, Tanya 1974- ; Wing, Dakota ; Papadopulos, Marcus ; Smith, Sharon
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia New Delhi, India Singapore Cambridge University Press 2024
In:Year: 2024
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Terrorism investigation > Germany > Halle an der Saale > Case studies
Forensic linguistics > Case studies
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) > Case studies
Political manifestos > Case studies
Antisemitic literature > Case studies
Radicalization > Case studies
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Summary:"This Element is an interdisciplinary analysis of the language evidence produced before, during and following a lone-actor terrorism attack in Halle, Germany, on October 9, 2019, resulting in two casualties. During his final preparations, the perpetrator, twenty-seven-year-old Stephan Balliet, announced his attack online and disseminated a targeted violence manifesto shortly before live-streaming his premeditated act. This post-hoc investigation introduces a multi-method approach that synchronizes well-established qualitative methodologies for forensic text analysis - genre, text linguistics, appraisal and uptake - to elucidate these data types. Furthermore, a retroactive threat assessment based on language data from the trial transcripts provides a holistic review of the assailant's background, red flags, triggering events and warning behaviors that could have signaled his movements along the pathway to violence. The results are considered in an organizational context to highlight current challenges faced by security agencies when mitigating the risk of lone-actors who radicalize in online environments"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:85 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:9781009495745
9781009495721