A Broader Response to Terrorism and Ideological Crime

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

A growing body of literature suggests that government actions beyond criminal justice and opportunity reduction can reduce the incidence of terrorism and ideological crime. This panel presents four different approaches for examining the impact that a range of these government actions have on terrorism and hate crime. The first paper examines how government actions influence perceived political threats and affect hate crimes. The second paper examines a variety of cost-increasing and benefit-reducing counterterrorism strategies that impact US eco-movement crime and terrorism. The third paper investigates the impact of presidential public communications regarding terrorism on terrorism aimed at the US. The final paper in this panel examines whether government statements or gestures are also able to shift attitudes and possibly quell terrorist momentum.

Sub Unit

• Area V. Types of Offending / 25. Terrorism

Division of Special Interest

• Divisions of Special Interest / Division on Terrorism & Bias Crime

Individual Presentations

• The Effect of US Federal Actions on Hate Crimes - Laura Dugan, University of Maryland; Erica Chenoweth, University of Denver

• A General Theory of Crime? Extending a Rational Choice Framework to the Radical Eco-Movement - Jennifer Carson, University of Central Missouri; Sue-Ming Yang, George Mason University; Laura Dugan, University of Maryland

• Public Communication as Counter-Terrorism: An Examination of Zero-Sum Counter-Terrorism Assumptions - Daren Fisher, The Citadel

• Dyadic Discourse in Political Violence: Introducing Strategic Communication Around Terrorism (SCAT) Data - Brooke Liu, University of Maryland; Daren Fisher, The Citadel; Laura Dugan, University of Maryland