Support for Political Violence among the American Public: A Split-ballot Experiment
Support for Political Violence among the American Public: A Split-ballot Experiment
Christopher D. Bader Joseph O. Baker Peter Simi a Department of Sociology, Chapman University, Orange, CA, USAb Department of Sociology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USAChristopher D. Bader is a Professor of Sociology and chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department of Chapman University in Orange, California. Dr. Bader is co-director of the Association of Religion Data Archive (www.thearda.com), an archive of open-access religion data. He is the author of six books, co-author of the forthcoming Paranormal Britain (Bloomsbury), and has published more than fifty articles in the sociology of religion, deviant behavior, and criminology.Joseph O. Baker is a Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at East Tennessee State University. His areas of expertise include Christian nationalism, xenophobia, secularism, demonology, and deviant belief systems. He is the author of over 50 articles and book chapters on these topics, along with five books: American Secularism, Deviance Management, Fear Itself, Paranormal America, and Paranormal Britain (forthcoming). He formerly served as the editor-in-chief of Sociology of Religion.Peter Simi is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Chapman University and a member of the National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. He is co-author of two book manuscripts: Out of Hiding: Extremist White Supremacy and How It Can be Stopped and American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate, and has published more than 70 articles and book chapters on issues related to political extremism, street gangs, and juvenile delinquency.