Ideologically motivated murder [[electronic resource] ] : the threat posed by white supremacist groups / / David J. Caspi

• Autore: Caspi David J. <1968->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.3250973
• Soggetto topico: Domestic terrorism - United States; Terrorists - Social networks; White supremacy movements - United States; Hate groups - United States; Right-wing extremists - United States
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Ideologically motivated murder
• ISBN: 1-59332-706-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814165503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)