Rifling Through the Terrorists’ Arsenal: Exploring Groups’ Weapon Choices and Technology Strategies

Frelinger, David R.

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“…They are also consistent with research that found that terrorists are more likely to use firearms for assassinations than are nonterrorists (lyons and Harbinson, 1986) and with research from terrorist-incident databases indicating that firearm-based attacks are the second most common type of recorded occurrence (Jackson and Frelinger, 2007;laFree, Dugan, Fogg, and Scott, 2006). although this consistency with previous literature provides additional confidence in the findings, there are limitations to the analyses.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Weapon choice and American political violence

Legault¹,

Hendrickson

2009

Criminology & Public Policy

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Research SummaryThe criminal use of firearms presents a unique challenge to policymakers and is the subject of scientific study in fields such as criminology, public health, sociology, and law. Keywords terrorism, firearms, sentencing, weapons, felonsthis research was supported in part by an appointment to the u.s. department of Homeland security research opportunity Program administered by the oak ridge Institute for science and education (orIse) through a cooperative agreement between the u.s. department of energy and the u.s. department of Homeland security. orIse is managed by oak ridge Associated universities (orAu) under the department of education (doe) contract de-Ac05-06or23100. All opinions expressed in this article are the authors' and do not necessarily reflect the policies and views of dHs, doe, or orAu/orIse. direct correspondence to richard legault, national consortium for the study of terrorism and responses to terrorism (stArt) center, university of maryland, college Park, md 20742 (e-mail: rlegault@start.umd.edu); James Hendrickson, department of criminal Justice and criminology, university of maryland,

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Weapon choice and American political violence

Legault¹,

Hendrickson

2009

Criminology & Public Policy

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“…26 Likewise, terrorists must choose weapons, and are more likely to select those that possess the attributes conducive to the successful completion of their goals. 27 For example, weapons that are obtainable, familiar, and reliable may be preferred. The availability of tools (tangible products used in the course of attack) and presence of facilitating conditions (societal features and systems that make specific terrorist attacks possible) are two major factors that bring weapons and targets together.…”

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A Situational Model of Displacement and Diffusion Following the Introduction of Airport Metal Detectors

Hsu

Apel

2014

Terrorism and Political Violence

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Much of the discourse surrounding counterterrorism centers on the inevitability of displacement, or the substitution of another form of terrorist attack in place of the one that has been thwarted. Yet a longstanding tradition of research in situational crime prevention finds that displacement is far from inevitable, and often depends crucially on the specific features of the incidents in question. In fact, crime prevention efforts are often followed by a ''diffusion of benefits'' (i.e., crime reductions) to incidents, groups, or locations that were not the intended target of the intervention. The current study examines various forms of displacement and diffusion in response to airport metal detectors among terrorist groups that had been involved in the perpetration of aviation attacks prior to their implementation. Using data from the Global Terrorism Database, the findings from interrupted time series models suggest a complex set of displacement and diffusion effects with respect to alternative attack modes, target types, and weapon usage.

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“…Relying on data from the American Terrorism Study, a recent empirical study by Legault and Hendrickson (2009) comparatively examined individuals charged in federal court with terrorism and other felons in federal custody and found that terrorists are relatively more likely to be charged with firearm offenses. Other studies have found that weapons such as knives make up only a small percentage of weapons used by terrorists around the world (Jackson & Frelinger, 2007). However, other studies suggest that violent offenders involved in other types of extremist violence may be more likely to choose nonfirearms to carry out their crimes.…”

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A Comparative Examination of Homicides Perpetrated by Far-Right Extremists

Gruenewald

2011

Homicide Studies

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The current study comparatively examines homicide events perpetrated by far-right extremists and “average” homicide events in the United States. Recent violence has highlighted the threat that far-right extremists pose to public safety and national security. To date, however, little is known about how such events compare to more common forms of homicide. Drawing from research on homicide, “hate crimes,” and domestic terrorism, this study addresses this gap in the research. Original open-source data on far-right extremist perpetrated homicide are integrated with traditional homicide data to overcome methodological and other substantive obstacles that have precluded the study of this form of violence. A number of similarities and differences across these forms of homicide demonstrate the heterogeneity in the nature of homicide in the United States. Implications for policy makers and law enforcement, as well as the broader study of homicide and domestic extremism, are discussed.

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Rifling Through the Terrorists’ Arsenal: Exploring Groups’ Weapon Choices and Technology Strategies

Cited by 17 publications

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Weapon choice and American political violence

Weapon choice and American political violence

A Situational Model of Displacement and Diffusion Following the Introduction of Airport Metal Detectors

A Comparative Examination of Homicides Perpetrated by Far-Right Extremists

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