Al Qaeda
A community-level comparison of terrorism movements in the United States
Law Enforcement Assessment of the Violent Extremism Threat
Overview: Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States-Foreign Fighters (PIRUS-FF)
The Changing Threat Landscape of Terrorism and Violent Extremism: Implications for Research and Policy
This panel will provide an overview of the current terrorist threat landscape, how it has changed in the last five to ten years, and strategies to best address this threat at the local and national levels. Emphasis will be placed on how several key events in 2021 have shaped the way we think about research and policy in the fields of radicalization and extremism. Panelists will provide data on fluctuations of the most imminent terrorist threats posed to the U.S.
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Terrorism Research Before and After 9/11
The tragedy of 9/11 posed unprecedented challenges to forensic science, social science, and physical science and technology — the three bedrock sciences at NIJ. Recovering from the attack and preventing another one have became topmost priorities in the 10 years since the attack. As we approach the 10th anniversary, Gary LaFree discusses how that fateful day impacted social scientific priorities and the outcomes from those changes.
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Engaging With Communities To Prevent Violent Extremism: A Review of the Obama Administration's CVE Initiative, Executive Summary
Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 1
In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.
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Multi-Faceted Roles of Women Inside Al-Qaeda
Commodities and Terrorist Financing: Focus on Diamonds
Istishad as an Ideological and Practical Tool in the Hands of Al-Qaeda
The Role of Social Media in the Evolution of Al-Qaeda Inspired Terrorism
Toward a Behavioral Model of "Homegrown" Radicalization Trajectories
Terrorist Age-Crime Curve: An Analysis of American Islamist Terrorist Offenders and Age-Specific Propensity for Participation in Violent and Nonviolent Incidents
Behavioral Study of the Radicalization Trajectories of American "Homegrown" Al Qaeda-Inspired Terrorist Offenders
Role of Social Networks in the Evolution of Al Qaeda-Inspired Violent Extremism in the United States, 1990-2015
Social Learning and Social Control in the Off and Online Pathways to Hate and Extremist Violence - Year 2
Terrorism Research Before and After 9/11 - Interview With Gary LaFree
Community-Level Efforts to Prevent Violent Extremism
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Social Learning and Social Control in the Off and Online Pathways to Hate and Extremist Violence
Prisoner Recollections: The Role of Internet Use and Real-Life Networks in the Early Radicalization of Islamist Terrorist Offenders
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization
Interview with Gary Ackerman, Director for Special Projects, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland
Mr. Ackerman is conducting an empirical assessment of domestic radicalization, with an emphasis on the process of radicalization. In this interview, Ackerman explains how he is using large empirical analysis and small scale life study analysis to discover which factors might cause an individual to make the leap from illegal terrorist behavior to violent terrorist behavior.
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Community Policing Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism
February 2013
Interview with David Schanzer, J.D., Associate Professor, Duke University and Director, Triangle Center of Terrorism and Homeland Security
Mr. Schanzer discusses his study of community policing strategies for countering violent extremism. Schanzer points out that there is a wide variety of terrorist ideologies from religious, to environmental, to economic. He is hoping to discover if particular community policing strategies are more effective in countering certain types of terrorism and building resilience against extremism.
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