The path to terrorist violence : a threat assessment model for radical groups at risk of escalation to acts of terrorism
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Olson, Dean T.
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Tucker, David
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2005-09
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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A threat assessment model to identify domestic radical groups on a trajectory towards terrorist violence remains an elusive goal. The lack of a model constrains proactive counter-terrorism efforts resulting in largely reactive strategies that often are ineffectual in discovering and disrupting terrorist plots while in an inchoate stage. The Path to Terrorist Violence Model, based on a threat assessment model used in the emerging field of threat management for the judiciary and elected officials, is a valid and reliable assessment methodology to identify radical groups at risk of escalation to acts of terrorism. By focusing on attack-related behaviors that a group must take to mount a planned attack, the Path to Terrorist Violence avoids contentious issues related to psychosocial, religious, race or ethnicity-based profiling assumptions.
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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viii, 67 p. : col. ill. ;
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