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The future of terrorism research: a review essay

Joshua D. FreilichDepartment of Criminal Justice, John Jay College, CUNY, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Steven M. ChermakSchool of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAView further author information
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Jeff GruenewaldDepartment of Sociology & Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USAView further author information
Pages 353-369 | Published online: 23 May 2014

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Tomislav Pavlović, Sophia Moskalenko & Clark McCauley. (2024) Two classes of political activists: evidence from surveys of U.S. college students and U.S. prisoners. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression 16:2, pages 227-247.
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Sophia Moskalenko, Joshua D. Freilich, Steven Chermak, Jeff Gruenewald & Clark McCauley. (2023) Growth opportunities in American and British terrorism research. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict 16:1, pages 44-69.
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Colleen E. Mills, Margaret Schmuhl & Joel A. Capellan. (2020) Far-right violence as backlash against gender equality: A county-level analysis of structural and ideological gender inequality and homicides committed by far-right extremists. Journal of Crime and Justice 43:5, pages 568-584.
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Joel Busher, Donald Holbrook & Graham Macklin. (2019) The internal brakes on violent escalation: a typology. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression 11:1, pages 3-25.
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Afzal Izzaz Zahari, Jamaliah Said, Kamarulnizam Abdullah & Norazam Mohd Noor. (2023) Financial innovations in terrorism financing: a case study of Malaysian terror financing. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice 10:1, pages 1-18.
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Fabienne Thijs, Elanie Rodermond, Edward R. Kleemans & Steve G. A. van de Weijer. (2022) Violent and Nonviolent Terrorist Suspects: a Comparative Analysis Based on Data from the Netherlands. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 30:1, pages 63-83.
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Joshua D. FreilichSteven M. Chermak, Rachael A. AriettiNoah D. Turner. (2024) Terrorism, Political Extremism, and Crime and Criminal Justice. Annual Review of Criminology 7:1, pages 187-209.
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Fabienne Thijs, Elanie Rodermond, Edward Kleemans & Steve van de Weijer. (2022) How unique are terrorist suspects? Investigating similarities and differences between terrorist suspects, their siblings, and other suspects. European Journal of Criminology 21:1, pages 52-72.
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Thomas Hegghammer & Neil Ketchley. (2023) Plots, Attacks, and the Measurement of Terrorism. Journal of Conflict Resolution.
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Thomas J. Holt, Steven M. Chermak, Joshua D. Freilich, Noah Turner & Emily Greene-Colozzi. (2022) Introducing and Exploring the Extremist Cybercrime Database (ECCD). Crime & Delinquency 69:12, pages 2411-2436.
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Ángel Gómez, Alexandra Vázquez, Juana Chinchilla, Laura Blanco, Beatriz Alba, Sandra Chiclana & José Luis González-Álvarez. (2023) Why Is It so Difficult to Investigate Violent Radicalization?. The Spanish Journal of Psychology 26.
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Thomas J. Holt, Noah D. Turner, Joshua D. Freilich & Steven M. Chermak. (2021) Examining the Characteristics That Differentiate Jihadi-Associated Cyberattacks Using Routine Activities Theory. Social Science Computer Review 40:6, pages 1614-1630.
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Ryan Scrivens, Thomas W. Wojciechowski, Joshua D. Freilich, Steven M. Chermak & Richard Frank. (2022) Differentiating Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Nonviolent Right-Wing Extremists. Criminal Justice Policy Review 33:9, pages 943-965.
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Roberta Liggett O’Malley, Karen Holt & Thomas J. Holt. (2020) An Exploration of the Involuntary Celibate (Incel) Subculture Online. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 37:7-8, pages NP4981-NP5008.
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Milad Haghani, Erica Kuligowski, Abbas Rajabifard & Peter Lentini. (2022) Fifty years of scholarly research on terrorism: Intellectual progression, structural composition, trends and knowledge gaps of the field. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 68, pages 102714.
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Steven Chermak, Joshua D. Freilich, William S. Parkin, Jeff Gruenewald, Colleen Mills, Brent Klein, Leevia Dillon & Celinet Duran. 2022. Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States. Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States 301 326 .
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Simon Varaine. (2019) Revisiting the Economics and Terrorism Nexus: Collective Deprivation, Ideology and Domestic Radicalization in the US (1948–2016). Journal of Quantitative Criminology 36:3, pages 667-699.
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Thomas J. Holt, Joshua D. Freilich, Steven M. Chermak, Colleen Mills & Jason Silva. (2018) Loners, Colleagues, or Peers? Assessing the Social Organization of Radicalization. American Journal of Criminal Justice 44:1, pages 83-105.
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Marieke Liem, Jelle van Buuren, Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn, Hanneke Schönberger & Edwin Bakker. (2017) European Lone Actor Terrorists Versus “Common” Homicide Offenders: An Empirical Analysis. Homicide Studies 22:1, pages 45-69.
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Thomas J. Holt, Joshua D. Freilich & Steven M. Chermak. (2017) Exploring the Subculture of Ideologically Motivated Cyber-Attackers. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 33:3, pages 212-233.
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