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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caspi, David J., 1968-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic terrorism--United States.

Domestic terrorism.

Terrorists--Social networks.

Terrorists.

White supremacy movements--United States.

White supremacy movements.

Hate groups--United States.

Hate groups.

Right-wing extremists--United States.

Right-wing extremists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593327064

1593327064

OCLC:

829461098