The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism

While political violence is an age–old phenomenon, the events of 9/11 transformed the meaning of terrorism in the eyes of the West. Always difficult to define, terrorism has traditionally been distinguished from other forms of criminal violence due to its motivations and inherent complexities.

The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism presents a comprehensive overview of the latest criminological research relating to the origins, evolution, causes, and motivations of terrorism along with the responses to domestic and international terrorist attacks from a criminological perspective. 

Featuring a collection of original contributions from leading researchers and renowned international experts in the field, essays cover the major themes and controversies related to the causes and consequences of terrorism; terrorism s origins, terrorism and the criminal justice system, and ways to counter terrorism. Chapters discuss key concepts, reviewing the major conceptual frameworks and the latest empirical findings. The Handbook reveals areas of widespread agreement in the field, debates and controversies, unresolved issues, and suggestions for further research.

The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism is an invaluable reference for criminologists, providing illuminating insights into terrorism in the 21st–century.

Notes on Contributors

I. INTRODUCTION

Bringing Criminology into the Study of Terrorism

Gary LaFree and Joshua David Freilich

II. ETIOLOGY

1. The Etiology of Radicalization toward Terrorism
Randy Borum

2. Psychological Factors in Radicalization: A 3N Approach
Arie W. Kruglanski and David Webber

3. What Makes Them Do It?: Individual–Level Predictors of Terrorism
John P.Sawyer and Justin Hienz

4. The Terrorists′ Planning Cycle:  Patterns of Pre–Incident Behavior
Brent Smith, Paxton Roberts and Kelly Damphousse

5. Group–Level Predictors of Political and Religiously Motivated Violence
Katharine Boyd

6. Country Level Predictors of Terrorism
Nancy Morris and Gary LaFree

III. THEORIES

7. General Strain Theory and Terrorism
Robert Agnew

8. Social Learning, Terrorism, and Terrorists: Exploring the Boundaries of a General Theory
Keith Akins and L. Thomas Winfree, Jr.

9. The Situational Approach to Terrorism
Henda Hsu and Graeme Newman

10. Victimization Theories and Terrorism
William S. Parkin

11. Analyzing Radicalization and Terrorism: A Situational Action Theory
Per–Olof H. Wikström and Noémie Bouhana

IV. RESEARCH METHODS

12.  Measuring Terrorism
Laura Dugan and Michael Distler

13. Paradigmatic Case Studies and Prison Ethnography in Terrorism Research
Mark S. Hamm and Ramon Spaaij

14. Social Network Analysis and Terrorism
Aili Malm, Rebecca Nash and Ramin Moghadam

15. Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Terrorism and Insurgency
Shane D. Johnson and Alex Braithwaite

16. The Promise of Multilevel Analysis in the Study of Terrorism
Brian Johnson

17.  Methodological Advancements in the Study of Terrorism: Using Latent Class Growth Analysis
Nancy Morris

18. Time Series Analysis in the Study of Terrorism
Henda Y. Hsu and Robert Apel

V. TYPES OF TERRORISM

19. Far Right Terrorism in the United States
Pete Simi and Bryan Bubolz

20. Left–Wing Terrorism: From Anarchists to the Radical Environmental Movement and Back
Jennifer Varriale Carson

21. Assessing Aerial Hijacking as a Terrorist Tactic
Susan Fahey

22.  Evolution of Suicide Attacks
Ami Pedahzur and Susanne Martin

23. Terrorist Assassinations: A Criminological Perspective
Marissa Mandala

VI. TERRORISM AND OTHER TYPES OF CRIME

24. Organized Crime and Terrorism
Enrique Desmond Arias and Nazia Hussain

25. Similar from a Distance: A Comparison of Terrorism and Hate Crime
Ryan D. King, Laura M. DeMarco and Robert J. Vanden Berg

26. Studying Extremist Homicide in the United States
Jeff Gruenewald and Brent Klein

27. Financing Terror: Financial Schemes Involving Far–Right and Jihadi Extremists
Brandon A. Sullivan, Joshua David Freilich and Steven Chermak

28. An Empirical Analysis of Maritme Piracy using the Global Terrorism Database
Bo Jiang

VII. COUNTERING TERRORISM

29. Empowering Communities to Prevent Violent Extremism: A Report on the Ape August 2014 National Summit
William Braniff and Steven Weine

30. Terrorist Plots Against the US: What We Have Really Faced, and How We Might Best Defend Against It
Kevin Strom, Mark Pope and John S. Hollywood

31. The Ten Commandments for Effective Counterterrorism
Simon Perry, David Weisburd and Badi Hasisi

32. Prosecuting Terrorism Post–9/11: Impact of Policy Changes on Case Outcomes
Christopher Shields, Brent Smith and Kelly Damphousse

33. Prisons: Their Role in Creating and Containing Terrorists
Margaret A. Zahn

34. The Individual Risk Assessment of Terrorism: Recent Developments
John Monahan

35. Legislative Efforts to Intervene and Prevent Eco–Terrorist Attacks
Sue–Ming Yang and Yi–Yuan Su

36. On the Relevance of Cyber Criminological Research in the Design of Policies and Sophisticated Security Solutions against Cyber–Terrorism Events
David Maimon and Alexander Testa

Index