Toward a Behavioral Model of “Homegrown” Radicalization Trajectories

Jytte Klausen, Selene Campion, Nathan Needle, Giang Nguyen and Rosanne Libretti

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2016, vol. 39, issue 1, 67-83

Abstract: This research note presents a dynamic risk assessment model of homegrown terrorists. The model was tested in a study of convicted “homegrown” American terrorism offenders inspired by Al Qaeda's ideology. The New York Police Department model developed by Silber and Bhatt was chosen as the basis for creating a typology of overt and detectable indicators of individual behaviors widely thought to be associated with extremism. Twenty-four specific cues associated with each stage of radicalization were used to code and estimate the sequencing of behaviors and the duration of the average radicalization trajectory. Sixty-eight cases have been analyzed thus far. A decision was made to publish the initial results when it became apparent that the model was an effective tool for the evaluation of terrorist offenders.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2015.1099995

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