Lone perpetrators. To what extent are school shooters and lone wolf terrorists comparable? At first glance, school shooters and lone wolves have quite a bit in common. If so, policy transfer is viable between detecting and preventing lone wolves and school shooters. Research suggests that both groups are only comparable superficially. Jan Leenaars • September 25, 2015
Preventing small scale terrorist attacks by one or two perpetrators Recent small scale terrorist attacks lead to asking the question whether authorities could have prevented these attacks. Edwin Bakker • March 24, 2015
A surge in 'lone (or loon) wolf' jihadist attacks: the future of jihad? History shows that ‘lone wolf’ attacks are rare but recently, many jihadists used this strategy of an individual jihad. What can we say about these attacks? Should these perpetrators rather be called 'loon wolves'? Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn • January 05, 2015
Keep calm and carry on Whether terrorists or would-be terrorists succeed in terrifying society and changing ways of living depends mostly on how resilient societies and political leadership are when the shit hits the fan. Jelle van Buuren • December 19, 2014
Selfie Extremism Some lone attackers show not only a diffuse mixture of societal and personalized grieves, but more importantly, the same desire to show themselves to the world in what can be labelled performative violence, or 'Selfie Extremism'. Jelle van Buuren • July 14, 2014
