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Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization [video]
From the video's description page: "[This is an] interview with Gary Ackerman, Director for Special Projects, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland[.] Mr. Ackerman is conducting an empirical assessment of domestic radicalization, with an emphasis on the process of radicalization. In this interview, Ackerman explains how he is using large empirical analysis and small scale life study analysis to discover which factors might cause an individual to make the leap from illegal terrorist behavior to violent terrorist behavior."
National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
Ackerman, Gary, 1973-
2013-02-08?
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Assessing Terrorist Motivations for Attacking Critical 'Chemical' Infrastructure
"This study attempts to minimize some of the ambiguities that presently impede chemical infrastructure threat assessments by providing new insight into the key motivational factors that affect terrorist organizations' propensity to attack chemical facilities. Prepared as a companion piece to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies' August 2004 study - "Assessing Terrorist Motivations for Attacking Critical Infrastructure" - it investigates three overarching research questions: 1) why do terrorists choose to attack chemical-related infrastructure over other targets; 2) what specific factors influence their target selection decisions concerning chemical facilities; and 3) which, if any, types of groups are most inclined to attack chemical infrastructure targets?"
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Moran, Kevin S.; Bale, Jeffrey M.; Ackerman, Gary, 1973-
2004-12-20
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Data Needs for Radicalization Studies: Partnering Challenges
This report outlines the role of START (The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism)in addressing gaps in data relating to terrorism studies. START conducts basic research on the human causes and consequences of terrorism, using theories, methods, and concepts of the social and behavioral sciences. The report outlines sample START research related to radicalization including strategic case studies and field work.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
Ackerman, Gary, 1973-
2009-03-17
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Manned Gaming and Simulation Relating to Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Review of the Literature
"It is within this context that the Advanced Systems and Concepts Office of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA/ASCO) commissioned the WMD Terrorism Research Project at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) to undertake a literature review of manned gaming and simulations of terrorist threats that involve WMD. The review was conducted mainly on the basis of open-source literature, but also includes some sources categorized 'For Official Use Only'. No classified sources were consulted in compiling this report. The primary goal of this project was to collect as much of the open source literature on manned gaming and simulations of terrorism involving WMD as possible, organize these data, and present them in an accessible format. In the course of the project, project investigators supplemented these goals by abstracting and analyzing certain aspects of these manned simulations." This report was prepated under U.S. government contract for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Note: This document has been added to the Homeland Security Digital Library in agreement with the Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD (PASCC) as part of the PASCC collection. Permission to download and/or retrieve this resource has been obtained through PASCC.
Monterey Institute of International Studies. Center for Nonproliferation Studies; United States. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Advanced Systems and Concepts Office
Ackerman, Gary, 1973-
2004-04-17
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Assessing Terrorist Motivations for Attacking Critical Infrastructure
"This study focuses on a subsidiary aspect of CI [Critical Infrastructure] threat assessment that has thus far remained largely unaddressed by contemporary terrorism research: the motivations and related factors that determine whether a terrorist organization will attack critical infrastructure. In other words, this research investigates: (1) why terrorists choose to attack critical infrastructure rather than other targets; (2) how groups make such decisions; (3) what, if any, types of groups are most inclined to attack critical infrastructure targets; and (4) which types of critical infrastructure terrorists prefer to attack and why. In an effort to address the above questions as comprehensively as possible, the project team employed four discrete investigative approaches in its research design. These include: (1) a review of existing terrorism and threat assessment literature to glean expert consensus regarding terrorist target selection, as well as to identify theoretical approaches that might be valuable to analysts and decision-makers who are seeking to understand such terrorist group decision-making processes; (2) the preparation of several concise case studies to help identify internal group factors and contextual influences that have played significant roles in leading some terrorist groups to attack critical infrastructure; (3) the creation of a new database--the Critical Infrastructure Terrorist Incident Catalog (CrITC)--to capture a large sample of empirical CI attack data that might be used to illuminate the nature of such attacks to date; and (4) the development of a new analytical framework--the Determinants Effecting Critical Infrastructure Decisions (DECIDe) Framework--designed to make the factors and dynamics identified by the study more 'usable' in any future efforts to assess terrorist intentions to target critical infrastructure."
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Moran, Kevin S.; Bale, Jeffrey M.; Ackerman, Gary, 1973-
2007-01-04
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Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization [transcript]
From the transcript's description page: "[This is an] interview with Gary Ackerman, Director for Special Projects, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland[.] Mr. Ackerman is conducting an empirical assessment of domestic radicalization, with an emphasis on the process of radicalization. In this interview, Ackerman explains how he is using large empirical analysis and small scale life study analysis to discover which factors might cause an individual to make the leap from illegal terrorist behavior to violent terrorist behavior."
National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
Ackerman, Gary, 1973-
2013-02-08?
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Humans in the Loop: Validation and Validity Concepts in the Social Sciences in the Context of Applied and Operational Settings
This document is a strategic multi-layer assessment occasional white paper. From the preface by Benjamin Riley: "Threats in the 21st century are increasingly complex, requiring multiple perspectives and disciplines to understand and anticipate challenges. National security issues will require consideration of the insights that might be gained through social science analysis in order to provide broader understanding of both challenges and potential solutions. Many of the challenges and potential missions faced by the Department of Defense (DoD) will be multi-faceted in their most fundamental nature. To better understand these issues, their origins, and potential solutions, we need to think clearly about insights provided about the psychological and social dynamics impacting complex security problems. We can anticipate military operations and missions in a networked, dynamic global environment where modern media, the pace of technological change, and speed of events overlay often long standing historic social legacies and conflicts. We can turn to the social sciences to better understand the intersection of new technologies and legacies and, therefore, assist in crafting strategies to deal with current and emerging issues. This white paper discusses the validity concepts and validation of the social sciences in the context of applied and operational settings. It focuses on a key issue: How do we gauge the degree to which our frameworks, models, and measures of human social behaviors correspond to the real issues with which DoD operators are concerned? It addresses these issues from several perspectives[…]"
United States. Department of Defense; United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ackerman, Gary, 1973-; Arias, Ricardo; Astorino-Courtois, Allison . . .
2013-08
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On the Horizon: Security Challenges at the Nexus of State and Non-State Actors and Emerging/Disruptive Technologies
From the Executive Summary: "Innovation and new technologies have many positive attributes and provide significant improvement to humanity, much that is likely unforeseen at the time of initial discovery. The unpredictability of the technology trajectories can lead to significant negative consequences. This white paper aims to discuss the massive leaps in innovation and understand what this means for national security."
United States. Department of Defense; United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff; United States. Department of Homeland Security
Ackerman, Gary, 1973-; Burnett, R. E.; Clifford, Bennett . . .
2019-04
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Literature Review of Existing Terrorist Behavior Modeling
"The Advanced Systems and Concepts Office of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA/ASCO) has enunciated the 'need to model and simulate on a computer terrorist leader and follower behavior for the purpose of Threat Anticipation.' In this regard DTRA/ASCO approached the Terrorism Research Group at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) to conduct a review of research literature and practice in this field. [...] To determine the most relevant, state-of-the-art research applicable to computer modeling of terrorist individual and group behavior for Threat Anticipation purposes. This goal can be further divided into the following sub-goals: a) identification of those individuals or teams conducting this research b) obtaining a description of the research being conducted or already completed c) noting where this research is taking place, both geographically and organizationally d) ascertaining the relevance of the research for use in terrorist Threat Anticipation[.]" Note: This document has been added to the Homeland Security Digital Library in agreement with the Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD (PASCC) as part of the PASCC collection. Permission to download and/or retrieve this resource has been obtained through PASCC.
United States. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Advanced Systems and Concepts Office
Ackerman, Gary, 1973-
2002-08-14
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