TY  - JOUR
TI  - Lone-Actor Terrorist Target Choice
AV  - public
SP  - 693
VL  - 34
Y1  - 2016/11/20/
EP  - 705
IS  - 5
N1  - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Gill, P; (2016) Lone-Actor Terrorist Target Choice. Behavioral Sciences & the Law , 34(5) pp.693-705, which has been published in final form at https:doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2268. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
N2  - Lone-actor terrorist attacks have risen to the forefront of the public?s consciousness in the past few years. Some of these attacks were conducted against public officials. The rise of hard-to-detect, low-tech attacks may lead to more public officials being targeted. This paper explores whether different behavioral traits are apparent within a sample of lone-actor terrorists who plotted against high-value targets (including public officials) than within a sample of lone-actors that plotted against members of the public. Utilizing a unique dataset of 111 lone-actor terrorists, we test a series of hypotheses related to attack capability and operational security. The results indicate that very little differentiates those who attack high-value targets from those who attack members of the public. We conclude with a series of illustrations to theorise why this may be the case.
ID  - discovery1521126
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2268
JF  - Behavioral Sciences & the Law
A1  - Gill, P
ER  -