Violent extremism is multi-factorial and extremely diverse: it cannot be predicted by one
variable alone. For violent extremist movements to develop, and for individuals to join them …

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an
authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to …

This paper offers a review of the literature on rationales for terrorist violence and assesses
their applicability to European homegrown jihadism. The use of terrorist violence is …

Introduction to Political Psychology explores the many psychological patterns that influence
individual political behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of theories …

Little of the discussion of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq is informed by primary data
derived from talking with the foreign fighters. This article reports some initial findings from …

Anders Behring Breivik, a lone wolf terrorist, killed 77 people in two terrorist attacks in
Norway in 2011. This study uses framing theory from social movement studies to compare …

How do poverty, youth and crime relate to the concept of being'cool'? Jonathan Ilan presents
a unique, theoretically informed overview of street culture in various parts of the world–its …

We conducted a systematic review of the contemporary scientific literature to (a) identify
consensus, where it exists, regarding factors associated with membership in terrorist …

Despite the extraordinary social and political consequences often associated with terrorist
violence, as well as our responses to it, psychological research on terrorist behavior is …

SAGE was founded in 1965 by Sara Miller McCune to support the dissemination of usable
knowledge by publishing innovative and high-quality research and teaching content. Today …