Youth violence : an alternative explanation for homegrown terrorism

• Main Author: Floyd, Kathryn H.
• Other Authors: Kumar Ramakrishna
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Criminology; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Terrorism; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70935
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis asks if the processes of radicalization prior to violence can be better explained, especially with respect to the early years of childhood and adolescence, and examines two cases of homegrown terrorism and one gang (control) case from Northern Virginia. This thesis asks: 1. How distinct...