Control, Learning, and Vulnerability: An Interactional Approach to Engagement in Violent Extremism

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dc.contributor.advisorDugan, Lauraen_US
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Michael Henryen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T06:44:55Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T06:44:55Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractIn criminological research, scholars present learning and social control theories as competing explanations for criminal behavior. While this has extended to specific offenses and analogous behaviors, it has less frequently been related to ideologically-motivated extremist behavior. This study considers the explanatory power of these two schools of criminological thought as they predict individual participation in violent ideologically motivated extremist behaviors using a recently collected individual-level dataset. A combination of Multivariate Imputation through Chained Equations (MICE), Exploratory Factor Analysis, and logistic regression is used to examine the relationship between theoretical measures and the probability of violent extremist behavior. Ultimately, this thesis finds: (1) having stronger social bonds is associated with a lower probability of violent ideologically motivated behavior, (2) the social learning of violence is associated with a higher probability of violent ideologically motivated behavior, and (3) these relationships depend somewhat upon the ideological milieu of the individual.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2SX64B8C
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20389
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledExploratory Factor Analysisen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMultivariate Imputationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRadicalizationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSocial Bonds Theoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSocial Learning Theoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTerrorismen_US
dc.titleControl, Learning, and Vulnerability: An Interactional Approach to Engagement in Violent Extremismen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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