Distinguishing Violent and Non-violent Criminal Extremists Based on Risk and Protective Factors
Distinguishing Violent and Non-violent Criminal Extremists Based on Risk and Protective Factors
Noah Turner Debasmita Pal Steven Chermak Joshua D. Freilich Arun Ross a Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USAb Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAc School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAd Department of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, NY, USANoah Turner is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University – Indianapolis. His research applies criminological theory to understand various forms of extremist crime and violence, with the goal of producing actionable policy implications that address pressing issues in criminal justice and homeland security. Dr. Turner specializes in open-source data collection and analysis and previously managed the development of the Extremist Cyber Crime Database (ECCD) and the Risk and Protective Factors Dataset (RPFD). His recent work has been published in leading academic journals such as Criminology & Public Policy, Annual Review of Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.Debasmita Pal is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University and works as a Research Assistant in the Integrated Pattern Recognition and Biometrics (iPRoBe) Lab under the supervision of Prof. Arun Ross. Her research focuses on pattern recognition, deep learning, computer vision, agriculture and biometrics. She holds a Master of Engineering in Software Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, where she was a gold medalist, with research experience in data mining and bioinformatics. She also brings 7 years of industrial experience in Data and Analytics, having worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd., ITC Infotech India Ltd., and Tata Consultancy Services.Steven Chermak is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. He studies terrorism, school violence, hate crimes, mass shootings, and criminal justice organizations. His recent publications have appeared in Criminology and Public Policy, Annual Review of Criminology, and Terrorism and Political Violence.Joshua D. Freilich is a professor in the Criminal Justice Department at John Jay College. His research focuses on the causes of and responses to targeted violence, open-source research methods, and criminology theory, especially situational crime prevention.Arun Ross is the Martin J. Vanderploeg Endowed Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University. He also serves as a Site Director of the NSF Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR). His research expertise is in computer vision, machine learning, biometrics and AI. He is the co-author of the books “Introduction to Biometrics” and the “Handbook of Multibiometrics.”