Collective responsibility and counter-terrorism

The Theorizing of Terrorism within Criminology

“…Criminology theory has made important contributions to the field that are published in many of the discipline's other journals (e.g., Akyuz and Armstrong 2011;Carson and Suppenback 2018;Cubukcu and Forst 2018;Freilich et al 2019;Hsu et al 2020) and in edited volumes (e.g., Haner and Sloan 2021;Dugan and Yang 2012;Fisher 2021;LaFree and Dugan 2015;Lynch 2011). Further, criminology theory is prominently featured in terrorism-studies journals and journals from other disciplines (e.g., Dugan and Chenoweth 2012;Dugan et al 2008;Hodwitz 2019;LaFree and Miller 2008;Miller 2016). A 2015 Special Issue of Terrorism and Political Violence was even entitled "Criminological Theory and Terrorism."…”

“…In doing so, the infrequency of terrorism incidence has also driven the development of rare event models and questioned whether the absence of terrorist attacks necessarily demonstrates successful prevention (Lynch 2011). Flowing into developing criminological understanding of desistence (Dugan et al 2008;Fisher 2021;Hasisi et al 2020a;Hodwitz 2019;McCauley 2008;Miller 2016), the evaluation of criminal justice policy (Braithewaite 2005;LaFree and Hendrickson 2007;Zedner 2008), and crime prevention initiatives (Bjørgo 2016;Freilich, Gruenewald, and Mandala 2019), there is evidence to support the claim that "mainstream criminology has been enriched by widening its scope to include political extremism" (LaFree 2021: 1).…”

The Theorizing of Terrorism Within Criminology

“…Criminology theory has made important contributions to the field that are published in many of the discipline's other journals (e.g., Akyuz and Armstrong 2011; Carson and Suppenback 2018; Cubukcu and Forst 2018; Freilich et al 2019; Hsu et al 2020) and in edited volumes (e.g., Haner and Sloan 2021; Dugan and Yang 2012; Fisher 2021; Fisher and Dugan 2019; LaFree and Dugan 2015; Lynch 2011). Further, criminology theory is prominently featured in terrorism-studies journals and journals from other disciplines (e.g., Dugan and Chenoweth 2012; Dugan et al 2008; Hodwitz 2019; LaFree and Dugan 2007; LaFree and Miller 2008; Miller 2016). A 2015 Special Issue on Terrorism and Political Violence was even entitled “Criminological Theory and Terrorism.” Due to the heterogeneity of outlets that publish criminological research on terrorism, a systematic review of our discipline's contributions to terrorism studies is beyond the scope of this project, though expanding this review in the future would be a worthwhile endeavor.…”

“…In doing so, the infrequency of terrorism incidence has also driven the development of rare event models and questioned whether the absence of terrorist attacks necessarily demonstrates successful prevention (Lynch 2011). Flowing into developing a criminological understanding of desistence (Dugan et al 2008; Fisher 2021; Hasisi et al 2020a; Hodwitz 2019; McCauley 2008; Miller 2016), the evaluation of criminal justice policy (Braithwaite 2005; LaFree and Hendrickson 2007; Zedner 2008), and crime prevention initiatives (Bjørgo 2016; Freilich, Gruenewald, and Mandala 2019), there is evidence to support the claim that “mainstream criminology has been enriched by widening its scope to include political extremism” (LaFree 2021:1).…”