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                            Funding & Awards
 Identity and Framing Theory, Precursor Activities, and the Radicalization Process
Award Information
Awardee
              University of Arkansas
Award #
              2012-ZA-BX-0003
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Fayetteville, AR
Congressional District
              3
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2012
Total funding (to date)
              $423,939
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2012, $423,939)
The goals of the study are threefold: (1) empirical evaluation of "identity" and "framing" theories relevant to understanding radicalization to violence; (2) empirical examination and elaboration of radicalization processes as they apply to the mobilization of individuals for engagement in violent direct action. In particular, the project will focus on how components of identity and framing theories are evidenced in the precursor conduct of terrorists; and (3) the development of a more integrated theorized understanding of radicalization to violence. The project will pursue these three objectives by drawing on and evaluating aspects of identity theory and framing theory as used in the study of social movements.
This project builds on data primarily collected in four previous NIJ projects and supplemented by funding from the DHS/START Center. Data to be analyzed include "officially designated" federal terrorism cases from 1980-2012 collected as part of the American Terrorism Study (ATS) and now maintained in an Oracle relational database that includes over 400 variables on nearly 900 defendants charged with approximately 11,000 federal criminal counts. Additional data on new cases will be collected as part of the proposed project.
The significance of this project is three-fold. First, it will help articulate the impact of "conversion" and "demonstration events" in relationship to precursor crimes committed by terrorist groups. Second, it will assist law enforcement, intelligence and fusion centers, and prosecutorial agencies in determining optimal timeframes for early intervention. Finally, the database will accommodate a wide array of statistical and geospatial methodologies for scholars and analysts nationwide who are interested in examining these data from other perspectives.ca/ncf



  
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                      Domestic Radicalization Research Yields Possible Keys to Identifying Extremists on the Path to Terrorism
                  The Terrorists’ Planning Cycle: Patterns of Pre‐incident Behavior
                  Identity and Framing Theory, Precursor Activity, and the Radicalization Process

  
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