Browsing by Author "Freilich, Joshua D."
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Item American jihadi terrorism: A comparison of homicides and unsuccessful plots(Taylor & Francis, 2016) Gruenewald, Jeff; Klein, Brent R.; Freilich, Joshua D.; Chermak, Steven; School of Public and Environmental AffairsWhile the number of American jihadi terrorist attacks remains relatively rare, terrorist plots thwarted by law enforcement have increased since September 11, 2001. Although these law enforcement blocks of would-be terrorists are considered counterterrorism triumphs by the FBI, human rights and civil liberty watch groups have conversely suggested that those who plan for attacks alongside government informants and undercover agents may be unique and essentially dissimilar from terrorists. Underlying this debate is the empirical question of how planned yet unsuccessful attacks and their plotters compare to successful terrorist homicides and their perpetrators. The current study addresses this question by comparatively examining jihadi terrorist homicides and unsuccessful plots occurring in part or wholly on U.S. soil between 1990 and 2014. Data for this study come from the U.S. Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), an open-source database with information on terrorism and extremist crimes. Based on these data, descriptive statistics are provided for several incident, offender, and target variables across three jihadi terrorist violence categories, including homicides, plots with specified targets, and plots with non-specific targets. We find several important differences across categories of terrorist violence, suggesting that unsuccessful plotters and their intended crimes vary from their more successful terrorist counterparts.Item A Mixed-Method Analysis of Fatal Attacks on Police by Far-Right Extremists(Sage, 2016-06) Gruenewald, Jeff; Dooley, Kiefer Michael G.; Suttmoeller, Michael J.; Chermak, Steven M.; Freilich, Joshua D.; School of Public and Environmental AffairsSeveral recent high-profile homicides of police officers have brought increased attention to issues of far-right extremist violence in the United States. We still, however, know very little about why (and how) certain encounters between far-right extremists and police result in violence. To fill this research gap, we conduct a mixed-method analysis of far-right antipolice homicides based on quantitative and qualitative data from the U.S. Extremist Crime Database. We begin by categorizing cases based on key aspects of homicide storylines. We then comparatively analyze attributes of event precursor, transaction, and aftermath stages across four storyline categories. Finally, a case study is purposively selected to follow-up on each storyline category to better capture the nuances of fluid homicide processes. Our findings have important implications for identifying triggering events, escalation factors, and other situated sets of conditions and circumstances that contribute to deadly outcomes for police officers.Item The Orlando shooting: exploring the link between hate crimes and terrorism(The Conversation US, Inc., 2016-06-15) Freilich, Joshua D.; Gruenewald, Jeff; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William; School of Public and Environmental AffairsItem Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?(The Conversation US, Inc., 2017-02-21) Parkin, William; Klein, Brent; Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua D.; Chermak, Steven; School of Public and Environmental Affairs