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Paxton Roberts
Paxton Roberts
Former Researcher
Researcher on START Projects
Radicalization Clusters? Geographic Concentrations of Violent Extremism and Terrorism in the United States
October 2010
to
December 2011
The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database
March 2009
to
September 2019
Selected Publications
The Terrorists' Planning Cycle: Patterns of Pre-incident Behaviors
(Book Chapter)
A Community Level Comparison of Terrorism Movements in the United States
(Journal Article)
Identity and Framing Theory, Precursor Activity, and the Radicalization Process
(Report)
The Emergence of Lone Wolf Terrorism: Patterns of Behavior and Implications for Intervention
(Journal Article)
Research Brief: Validation of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative
(Research Brief)
Validation of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative: Identifying Suspicious Activities from the Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) and the American Terrorism Study (ATS)
(START Reports)
Patterns of Lone Actor Terrorism in the United States: Research Brief
(Research Brief)
Update on Geospatial Patterns of Antecedent Behavior among Perpetrators in the American Terrorism Study (ATS)
(START Reports)
Research Highlight: Identifying the Characteristics of Communities Where Perpetrators Live and Pre-Incident Activity Occurs
(Research Brief)
From Extremist to Terrorist: Identifying the Characteristics of Communities Where Perpetrators Live and Pre-Incident Activity Occurs
(START Reports)
Update on Geospatial Patterns of Precurrsor Behavior among Terrorists
(START Reports)
Geospatial Patterns of Precurrsor Behavior among Terrorists
(START Reports)
Characteristics of Communities where American Terrorists, Lived, Planned, and Conducted their Attacks
(START Reports)
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Patterns of Lone Actor Terrorism in the U.S.
(Featured Research)
START to offer Massive Open Online Course
(News)
New START study examines communities where terrorists lived, planned and prepared
(Featured Research)
Terrorists act locally
(Featured Research)
New START Project to Focus on Extremist Violence in U.S. Counties
(Featured Research)