Patterns of radicalization indentifying the markers and warning signs of domestic lone wolf terrorists in our midst
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Springer, Nathan R.
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Rasmussen, Maria
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2009-12
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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This thesis will scrutinize the histories of our nation's three most prolific domestic lone wolf terrorists: Tim McVeigh, Ted Kaczynski, and Eric Rudolph. It will establish a chronological pattern to their radicalization and reveal that their communal ideological beliefs, psychology, attributes, traits, and training take place along a common chronological timeline. Their pattern of radicalization can be used as an indicator of lone wolf terrorist radicalization development in future cases. This thesis establishes a strikingly similar chronological pattern of radicalization that was present in each terrorist's biography. This pattern can identify future lone wolf terrorist radicalization activity upstream. It can provide a valuable portent to apply in the analysis of potential lone terrorists, potentially enabling law enforcement to prevent tragedies emerging from the identified population through psychological assistance, evaluation, training, or, in the worst case, detention.
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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xii, 87 p. ;
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.