|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910786237703321 |
|
|
Autore |
Caspi David J. <1968-> |
|
|
Titolo |
Ideologically motivated murder [[electronic resource] ] : the threat posed by white supremacist groups / / David J. Caspi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (207 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Criminal justice recent scholarship |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Domestic terrorism - United States |
Terrorists - Social networks |
White supremacy movements - United States |
Hate groups - United States |
Right-wing extremists - United States |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Domestic terrorist threat and research limitations -- Approaches to the study of terrorism -- Social network analysis and the study of terrorism -- The study : white supremacist group networks and lethality -- The players : biographies of core groups of the study -- Findings: social network analysis -- Findings : regression analysis of network characteristics -- Findings : regression analysis of group attributes -- Discussion and conclusion. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Acts of terrorism committed by domestic extremists outnumber those committed by international actors. White supremacist groups are linked to a considerable number of these terrorist acts. Although part of the same movement, certain groups appear to pose a greater threat than others in that they are linked to a greater number of ideologically motivated homicides. Caspi investigated whether a group's location within its network accounted for this phenomenon. Interestingly, this preliminary study suggests that an association between network location and threat of extreme violence does exist. This |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|