2017
DOI: 10.7312/hamm18174
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The Age of Lone Wolf Terrorism

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“…While 71% of explosives were created with violent intent in mind (4% unknown), only 47% of firearms were procured specifically for the purpose of an attack (13% unknown). Some individuals were simply fascinated by such weapons , used them for hunting or recreational shooting, while others had employed them for criminal acts unrelated to terrorism. While the acquisition of explosives is likely to be a sign of an impending attack, the procurement of firearms and other weapons may not be necessarily similarly revealing.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While 71% of explosives were created with violent intent in mind (4% unknown), only 47% of firearms were procured specifically for the purpose of an attack (13% unknown). Some individuals were simply fascinated by such weapons , used them for hunting or recreational shooting, while others had employed them for criminal acts unrelated to terrorism. While the acquisition of explosives is likely to be a sign of an impending attack, the procurement of firearms and other weapons may not be necessarily similarly revealing.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The emergence of lone attacks as a primary security concern sharpen the focus on a range of issues, including media coverage of terrorism. The unique features of loneactor terrorism, including the challenges of interdiction and the potential for copycat attacks (Gill 2015;Hamm and Spaaij 2017b), mean that the media is likely to play a particularly important role in shaping the reactions of the public, affected communities and copycat attackers. This paper presents findings from a content analysis of British and Danish newspaper reporting of lone-actor terrorism between January 2010 and February 2015.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We ran the LIWC on 11 text files—each corresponding to a clean and comprehensive collection of one lone‐actor terrorist's writings. The lone‐actor terrorist sample has been built implementing a funnel strategy, progressively discarding individuals out of a comprehensive starting list aggregating three lists: Spaaij's () 72‐name list of lone‐actor terrorists in 15 countries during the 1968 and 2007, Hamm and Spaaij's () 98‐name list of lone‐actor terrorist attacks in the United States between 1940 and 2013, and the Wikipedia entry on “Lone wolf (terrorism),” which lists 87 lone‐actor terrorist attacks between 1988 and today . Two pragmatic constraints successively reduced this list.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%