Annotated Bibliography on Terrorism - Paper Example

Gruenewald, J. (2011). A comparative examination of homicides perpetrated by far-right extremists. Homicide Studies: An Interdisciplinary & International Journal, 15(2), 177-203. doi:10.1177/1088767911408029

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The study examines homicide events carried out by a far-right extremist in the United States. Evidence of violence has indicated the kind of threat posed to national security and public safety by far-right extremists. However, today little is known on the number of terrorism events compared to other forms of homicide. This addresses the research gap in the study as domestic terrorism and hate crimes does not draw from the study. Data on extremists perpetrated homicide are assimilated with traditional data on homicide to overcome substantive and methodological obstacles, which have barred researchers from this system of violence. The differences and similarities on homicides perpetrated by far-right extremists show the heterogeneity homicides carried out in the U.S. Implications for law enforcement and policy makers and of the broader research on domestic extremism and homicide are discussed.

Hough, G. (2006). American Terrorism and the Christian Identity Movement: A Proliferation Threat from Non-State Actors. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 3(1), 79-100. doi:10.1002/aps.43

This study focuses on perceived threat of terrorism proliferation posed by paramilitary movement of the religious right, commonly referred to as Christian identity in America. These paramilitaries are the right-wing domestic terrorists who aim at finding armaments for mass destruction. Adherent Individuals to Christian identity in the US have an abiding hatred the United States government. They aim at destroying it using paramilitary activities that are justified by apocalyptic literature and genocide and racist propaganda. The Christian movement combines, combines dangerous anti-government politics using an apocalyptic and eschatological vision that emotionally and ideologically binds its aficionados to one another.

Gonzalez, A. L., Freilich, J. D., & Chermak, S. M. (2014). How women engage homegrown terrorism. Feminist Criminology, 9(4), 344-366. doi:10.1177/1557085114529809

This article analyzes the data of homicide by bombings, arsons, far-right extremists from the U.S. Extremist Crime Database (ECDB). The data indicates that compared to men, women involvement in terrorism (opportunity and recruitment) differs by ideology. An interdisciplinary approach, which considers sociological importance on gendered social networks and criminological ideologies of strain theory, is recommended.

Brockhoff, S., Krieger, T, & Meierrieks, D. (2016). Heterogeneous terrorism: determinants of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism in Western Europe. Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 22(4), 393-401.

This article focuses on determinants of Cold War and its relation to left wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism. The study predicts left wing terrorism and suggests that there is heterogeneity on causes of terrorism. The determinants of two prominent types of terrorism; left wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism, are analyzed. The empirical analysis shows that the left-wing primarily impacts Cold War. More findings demonstrate the idea of heterogeneity as an incentive of tourism. The results indicate that variable as per capita income does not differentiate between different ideological backgrounds has some advantages because it is important in validating large-N analysis whenever there is no data, which consider terrorist ideology.

McGarrell, E. F., Freilich, J. D., & Chermak, S. (2007). Intelligence-led policing as a framework for responding to terrorism. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 23(2), 142-158. doi:10.1177/1043986207301363

Police associations in the UK and US have advocated that law enforcement needs to develop an intelligence-led policing model (ILP). This article presents the ILP model, which builds on continuous improvement business models, problem-solving and community policing, which have been adopted and implemented by police departments. These practices are appraised as a technique that shows the importance of an ILP approach. The conceptualization of ILP is recommended that it should be incorporated into law enforcement to influence all crime perspectives. The research concludes with the importance of ILP in addressing international terrorism and domestic threats. Sun, I. Y., Wu, Y., & Poteyeva, M. (2011). Arab Americans' opinion on counterterrorism measures: The impact of race, ethnicity, and religion. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 34(7), 540-555. doi:10.1080/1057610X.2011.578550

While international and domestic terrorism has been the primary agenda of US intelligent agencies and law enforcement, little is well known about the attitudes of Arab Americans towards counter-terrorism policies, which focus on law enforcement practice that is aggressive. The study uses survey data gathered from Arab Americans that reports the support for antiterrorism measure, for example; detention, stop and search, surveillance and examine the implications of religion, ethnicity, and race on measures targeting Arab Americans. The study results indicate that most Arab Americans show a weak support for law enforcement practices that are aggressive. The attitudes of Arab Americans on antiterrorism were based on religion and ethnic identities with Muslims indicating a less favorable attitude towards measures of countering terrorism. The effects of study and policy are deliberated.

References

Brockhoff, S., Krieger, T, & Meierrieks, D. (2016). Heterogeneous terrorism: determinants of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism in Western Europe. Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 22(4), 393-401.

Gonzalez, A. L., Freilich, J. D., & Chermak, S. M. (2014). How women engage homegrown terrorism. Feminist Criminology, 9(4), 344-366. doi:10.1177/1557085114529809

Gruenewald, J. (2011). A comparative examination of homicides perpetrated by far-right extremists. Homicide Studies: An Interdisciplinary & International Journal, 15(2), 177-203. doi:10.1177/1088767911408029

Hough, G. (2006). American Terrorism and the Christian Identity Movement: A Proliferation Threat from Non-State Actors. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 3(1), 79-100. doi:10.1002/aps.43

McGarrell, E. F., Freilich, J. D., & Chermak, S. (2007). Intelligence-led policing as a framework for responding to terrorism. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 23(2), 142-158. doi:10.1177/1043986207301363

Sun, I. Y., Wu, Y., & Poteyeva, M. (2011). Arab Americans' opinion on counterterrorism measures: The impact of race, ethnicity, and religion. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 34(7), 540-555. doi:10.1080/1057610X.2011.578550