Gill, P;
(2016)
Lone-Actor Terrorist Target Choice.
Behavioral Sciences & the Law
, 34
(5)
pp. 693-705.
10.1002/bsl.2268.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lone-Actor Terrorist Target Choice |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/bsl.2268 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2268 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | 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. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1521126 |
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