A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

Aaron Safer-Lichtenstein

Aaron Safer-Lichtenstein

Former Researcher: Global Terrorism Database (GTD)

Former Researcher

Research Areas:

Individual Behavior Crime and Terrorism Radical Beliefs and Behavior

Topics:

Terrorism Databases and Resources Psychology of Terrorism

Researcher on START Projects

A Multi-Level Approach to the Study of Violent Extremism

January 2018 to December 2020

A Pathway Approach to the Study of Bias Crime Offenders

January 2018 to October 2020

Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR)

January 2013 to December 2016

Selected Publications

The Link Between Prior Criminal Record and Violent Political Extremism in the United States (Book Chapter)

Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) (Research Brief)

The Use of Social Media by United States Extremists (Research Brief)

Correlates of Violent Political Extremism in the United States (Journal Article)

Pre-Radicalization Criminal Activity of United States Extremists (Research Brief)

Profiles of Radicalization in the United States (Research Brief)

An Explicit Consideration of Unintended Consequences from Counterterrorism Policy: The Case of Radical Eco-Groups (Journal Article)

Studying Terrorism Empirically: What We Know About What We Don’t Know (Journal Article)

News References

Article based on PIRUS data among Criminology’s top 20 articles (News)

Pre-radicalization criminal activity is strongest predictor of post-radicalization violent extremism (Featured Research)

Washington Post: The challenges of collecting terrorism data (START in the News)