Finding the wolves in sheep’s clothing: ways to distinguish and deter lone-wolf terrorists

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dc.contributor.advisorDahl, Erik
dc.contributor.authorLee, Walter A.
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairs (NSA)
dc.contributor.secondreaderHalladay, Carolyn
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-06T19:17:48Z
dc.date.available2015-05-06T19:17:48Z
dc.date.issued2015-03
dc.description.abstractDespite the rise in the number of attacks by lone-wolf terrorists, the lone-wolf threat has largely been neglected by academic researchers and counterterrorism practitioners. The nature of the lone-wolf terrorist has introduced new challenges to law enforcement and counterterrorism unlike the more discussed problems of international group terrorism. This thesis suggests, however, that policies created to help deter group terrorism could be useful in detecting and deterring lone-wolf terrorists. The existing policy framework for group terrorism deterrence may have great utility in the fight against lone wolves, but policy use and effectiveness requires a careful examination of the characteristics unique to lone-wolf terrorism to ensure that the deterrence policies match. This thesis uses the comparative method and examines three case studies of lone-wolf terrorism from the United States and Europe: the Fort Hood shooter of 2009 (Major Nidal Hasan), the Boston Marathon bombers, and Anders Behring Breivik of Norway. By examining the unique circumstances of each case, this thesis determines what policies were and were not effective and in need of adaption to deter the threat of lone-wolf terrorism.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceLieutenant, United States Navyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/findingwolvesins1094545218
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/45218
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorlone-wolf terrorismen_US
dc.subject.authorcounterterrorismen_US
dc.subject.authorNidal Hasanen_US
dc.subject.authorBoston Marathon bombingen_US
dc.subject.authorterrorismen_US
dc.subject.authorAnders Breiviken_US
dc.titleFinding the wolves in sheep’s clothing: ways to distinguish and deter lone-wolf terroristsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSecurity Studies (Homeland Security and Defense)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Arts in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense)en_US
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