FEAR AND DARKNESS: ANTI-ABORTION TERRORISM AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
dc.contributor.advisor | Paternoster, Raymond | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bartholomew, Brad | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Criminology and Criminal Justice | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-01T20:20:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-02-01T20:20:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-08-30 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Relative deprivation theory (Davies, 1962) suggests that acts of anti-abortion terrorism result from the general widening of the gap between the individual's goals and expectations to a point of intolerance, whereas rational choice theory (Cornish and Clarke, 1986) sees such acts as the product of the individual's cost/benefit analysis. This thesis endeavors to improve upon our knowledge of the causal mechanisms associated with anti-abortion terrorism, within the context of relative deprivation theory and rational choice theory using a macro-level research design. The results of this study suggest certain Supreme Court decisions have a significant influence on whether some within the pro-life community view the use of violence as an appropriate method of protest. Additionally, the results suggest that anti-abortion offenders make decisions according to a rational, cost/benefit analysis. This suggests that policy makers may effectively reduce the number of anti-abortion attacks by raising the penalties associated with the crime. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/4076 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Sociology, Criminology and Penology | en_US |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Sociology, Criminology and Penology | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Abortion | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Terrorism | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Violence | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Protest | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | United States Supreme Court | en_US |
dc.title | FEAR AND DARKNESS: ANTI-ABORTION TERRORISM AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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