As of October, there were **** people charged with jihadi terrorism in the United States in 2024, **** of whom were male. In 2023, there were a total of *** people charged with jihadi terrorism in the United States: **** of whom were male. Since 9/11, more than *** people have been charged with terrorism in the United States, with 2015 seeing the largest spike in people charged with terrorism. Extremism in the United States Despite fears that extremism is on the rise in the United States, right-wing extremism is far more prevalent than jihadi terrorism. From 2014 to 2023, ** percent of extremist-related killings were caused by someone affiliated with Islamist extremism, while ** percent of extremist-related killings were carried out by someone affiliated with right-wing extremism. Overall, there have been relatively few terrorist attacks in the U.S. since 1970. Islamist extremism in the U.S. 2016 saw a spike in the number of Islamist extremist killings in the United States, with ** fatalities in that year. However, there was a significant number of attacks in the following year that resulted in no injuries and no fatalities.

The global terrorism index systematically ranks countries of the world according to their terrorist activity. In 2024, Burkina Faso ranked first on the global terrorism index with a score of 8.58 points, making it the country most affected by terrorism on Earth. In 2023, the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffered from the fourth highest number of terrorist attacks.Additional information on the Global terrorism index The Global Terrorism Index is an annual ranking produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace. As even the definition of terrorism is hotly debated, it is essential to highlight that the methodologies used to measure terrorism are also contested. The Global Terrorism Index ranks 163 countries on four indicators weighted over five years. These four factors are: the number of terrorist incidents per year, the number of fatalities caused by terrorists per year, the number of injuries caused by terrorists per year, and total property damage caused by terrorism per year. Terrorist groups Terrorism comes in several forms from a variety of groups with differing intentions. Taliban regaining power in Afghanistan in 2021 can help explain the high ranking of Afghanistan, but the country has been plagued by terrorist activities for many decades. The operation of numerous groups alongside or in conflict with the Islamic State and the Taliban has led to Afghanistan falling victim to a high number of attacks. Moreover, IS now operates across several countries and regions, including in Burkina Faso. Economic damages On the non-human casualty side of the index, property loss is an important metric as loss of shelter or livelihood has a long lasting impact on those who survive the attack physically unharmed. The high percentage of attacks in advanced economies in the most expensive terrorist attacks by insured property loss demonstrates the limitation of using comparative financial data. Although the insured losses are lower in countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, this does not suggest the impact of property loss is lower. The instability in these countries often makes insurance unaffordable for most citizens.

This project sought to analyze states' and municipalities' terrorism preparedness as a means of providing law enforcement with information about the prevention and control of terrorist activities in the United States. To accomplish this objective, a national survey of state and local law enforcement agencies was conducted to assess how law enforcement agencies below the federal level perceive the threat of terrorism in the United States and to identify potentially promising anti- and counter-terrorism programs currently used by these jurisdictions. For the purposes of this survey, the researchers used the legal definition of terrorism as provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment of either, to further political or social objectives." However, incidents reported by state or local law enforcement agencies as potential terrorist incidents often are reclassified as ordinary crimes by the FBI if the FBI investigation does not reveal evidence that more than one crime was intended to be committed or that a network of individuals had prepared to carry out additional acts. Since these reported potential terrorist incidents may provide important early warnings that an organized terrorism effort is emerging, the researchers broadened the official definition to include suspected incidents and state and local officials' perceptions of crime due to terrorism. Three distinct jurisdictions with overlapping responsibilities for terrorism preparedness were surveyed in this study: (1) state law enforcement agencies, in most cases the state police, (2) organizations with emergency preparedness responsibilities and statewide authority but with limited powers of law enforcement, and (3) local law enforcement agencies, such as municipal police and sheriff departments. Similar questions were asked for all three jurisdiction groups. Variables pertaining to the organization include questions about contingency plans, guidelines, and special police training for dealing with threats of terrorism, the amount and types of information and resources exchanged among various agencies, and whether the agency had a special terrorism unit and, if so, its duties. Variables dealing with threat assessment include whether the agency had identified right-wing, left-wing, international, ethnic/emigre, or special-issue terrorist groups within their jurisdiction and how many incidents were attributed to each group. Additional variables provide information on whether the agency was involved in investigating any terrorist incidents and the type of support received from other agencies for these investigations. The risk assessment section of the survey sought information on whether the agency had conducted a risk assessment and what potential terrorist targets were present in their jurisdiction. Questions in the threat environment section cover the respondent's assessment of the impact of the Persian Gulf War, the agency's sources of information pertaining to terrorism, the likelihood of terrorist attacks on various major installations nationally, and the likelihood of a major attack in their jurisdiction. Administrative variables include the number of sworn officers or professional staff, number of support staff, department's budget for the current fiscal year, whether the agency received federal funds, and what percentage of the federal funds were used for anti-terrorism efforts.

This study was conducted in response to a lack of existing data collections relating specifically to acts of American terrorism. A primary goal of the study was to create an empirical database from which criminological theories and governmental policies could be effectively evaluated. The American Terrorism Study began in 1989 when the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Terrorist Research and Analytical Center released a list of persons indicted as a result of investigation under the FBI's Counterterrorism Program. Since that time, FBI has released additional lists to the principal investigators. After receiving a list of persons indicted in federal criminal court as a result of an official terrorism investigation, the researchers reviewed the cases at either the federal district court where the cases were tried or at the federal regional records center where the cases were archived. The researchers divided the dataset into five distinct datasets. Part 1, Counts Data, provides data on every count for each indictee in each indictment. This is the basic dataset. There were 7,306 counts from 1980 to 2002. Part 2, Indictees Data, provides data on each of the 574 indictees from 1980-2002. Part 3, Persons Data, provides data on the 510 individuals who were indicted by the federal government as a result of a terrorism investigation. Part 4, Cases Data, provides one line of data for each of the 172 criminal terrorism cases that resulted from a federal terrorism investigation. Part 5, Group Data, provides one line of case data for each of the 85 groups that were tried in federal court for terrorism-related activity. Each of the five datasets includes information on approximately 80 variables divided into four major categories: (1) demographic information, (2) information about the terrorist group to which the individual belongs, (3) prosecution and defense data, and (4) count/case outcome and sentencing data.

The survey conducted in late 2019 is based on a sample size of 2,692. Its purpose was to collect data on how life experiences and the use of the internet shape extremist attitudes and behaviour. The survey was promoted using paid-for Facebook ads. The advert was made available to Facebook users over the age of 16 who resided in the UK, making almost 130,000 impressions. Using Facebook ads and relying on self-selection sampling, we were able to reach out to a large part of the UK population. After stripping out non-completions we ended up with a sample of 2,692 participants from across the UK. The data suggest that our sample is not representative of the UK population . The survey was split into five sections: demographics, media and internet use, extremism, life experiences, and political attitudes. The media and internet section explored participants media consumptions and how they used the internet to find out and disseminate information. In the extremism section, participants were asked a series of questions about their place in the world as well as questions about whether violence is ever justified to defend and maintain the position and power of the in-group against threats from the out-group. As noted above, this research takes Berger’s definition of extremism as its starting point, which is based on the social relations between in and out-groups (Berger 2018). The life experiences section explored participants life experiences when they occurred and the impact they had on their life.

The data set contains socio-economic indicator variables' time series and terrorist attacks numbers time series for selected 16 countries. The raw data was collected from databases World Bank Open Data, Polity IV Project, Comparative Political Data Set, ILO, and Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland. The data was pre-processed for the needs of the research that was carried out on them.

According to a 2024 survey in the United Kingdom, 52 percent of respondents considered Islamic extremism a major threat to the UK's security, while 47 percent believed that right-wing extremism posed a significant threat.

21,596 people were killed by terrorists worldwide in 2023. This was significantly lower than the peak in 2018, when nearly 33,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks worldwide, and lower than the 21,957 fatalities in 2022. The number of terrorist attacks worldwide declined overall since 2014. What is terrorism? Terrorism is defined as unlawful violence or systematic use of terror against civilians or politicians for ideological or political reasons, to create fear. Terrorism is practiced by political extremists, nationalistic and religious groups, revolutionaries, and ruling governments. Deadliest terrorist attack The terrorist attack against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 9/11, 2001 was the deadliest attack registered in the period between 1970 and 2020. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attack. The second deadliest attack was the Tikrit attack by the Islamic State in Iraq in 2014, killing 1,700 people.

This study includes three waves of the Online Extremism Survey (collected in 2015, 2016, and 2017) which offers information on a host of issues related to online hate material. Data were collected online from a sample of youths and young adults between the ages of 15 and 36 who voluntarily agreed to participate in research surveys. Survey Sample International (SSI) was used to collect the data. SSI recruits potential participants through random digit dialing, banner ads, and other permission-based techniques. These datasets contain information on exposure to online hate material, targeting by online hate material, production of online hate material, and responses to online hate material, among many additional topics related to online hate. The datasets also contain key demographic information on respondents, including age, gender, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, education, employment status, political ideology, and religious affiliation, among other indicators.

This statistical Release presents experimental statistics from the first three quarters (April to December 2009) of the 2009-10 Citizenship Survey. It focuses on the extent to which people reject the use of violent extremism in Britain. The release also presents the results of multivariate analysis to explore the factors which influence rejection of violent extremism. Source agency: Communities and Local Government Designation: Experimental Official Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Citizenship Survey: Attitudes toward Violent Extremism

Terrorism Index in Kosovo decreased to 0.78 Points in 2024 from 1.22 Points in 2023. This dataset provides - Kosovo Terrorism Index- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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This dataset describes 206 individuals who radicalised to extremism. Exactly half of the sample (N=103) radicalised to right-wing extremism, and half to jihadism. The sample is also split 50/50 in terms of the outcome of these radicalization processes: 103 individuals became involved in the planning, preparation or execution of terrorist attacks, the other 103 did not. The purpose of our dataset was to gain insights into what variables influence these outcome differences. To that end, we used a codebook to look at structural, group and individual-level variables theorised to influence the onset and outcome of radicalization processes. The dataset describes individuals from Europe and North-America (Canada / US) with an average date of birth of 1980. Data on our population was gathered from a range of sources, such as secondary literature (e.g. academic publications, think-tank reports), journalistic accounts, court records, (auto)biographies and, where possible, privileged information drawn from semi-structured interviews and material provided by the Dutch public prosecution service. To ensure their privacy and security, all personally-identifying information has been rigorously removed. This means that no data on names, exact dates of birth, places of residence etc. is included in the dataset. All interviewees were asked to sign consent forms and the project went through formal ethics approval by Leiden University's Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) Ethics Committee (ref: 2019-012-ISGA-Schuurman) before it commenced.

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This study examines how changes in perceptions of threat affect individuals’ policy views, as well as the political implications of this relationship. A survey experiment was administered to a representative sample of the U.S. population in which individuals’ perceived likelihood of a future terrorist attack on American soil was manipulated. The purpose of the survey is to address two hypotheses which state that a higher perceived threat from a terrorist attack will make individuals more supportive of public policies designed to combat terrorism and the effect of threat information on support of public policies designed to combat terrorism will be stronger among Democrats who believe an attack is likely. The respondents were picked for the study through Random Digit Dialing administered by Knowledge Networks and sent a questionnaire over the Internet. Variables treated in this study fall into two general groups: demographics and attitudes towards anti-terrorism polices. Demographic variables include race, age, education, income, and geographic region. The anti-terrorism policy variables revolve around four broad questions that deal with wire-taps, libraries reporting to the federal government, airline restrictions, and U.S. military attacks against terrorism.