WHO WE ARE
We are a collaborative team of criminologists based at the University of Nebraska at Omaha passionate about research and its application for counterterrorism efforts. Our team includes faculty and graduate students from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center.
OUR RESEARCH
Collectively, our team provides new insight into terrorism offenders and terrorist networks, the prosecution of terrorism and terrorism-related criminal activities, threat assessment and management, and the reentry of terrorism offenders. Our work has been generously funded by multiple sources including the Department of Homeland Security. Recent and ongoing project initiatives have focused on:
- Securing public events
- Disrupting transnational organized criminal networks
- Terrorist use of unmanned systems
- Youth terrorist mobilization
- Sentencing of homegrown violent extremists in the United States
Project Highlights
A snapshot of some of our recent work
Investigating terrorist use of improvised explosive devices in the United States: Evidence from US federal court cases, 2009–2024
Understanding terrorist use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the United States.
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The mobility of terror: Examining the decision to travel or remain home in US ISIS cases from 2014-2025
The decision to travel versus remain home for ISIS-affiliated defendants in U.S. federal courts.
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See something, say something? Examining variation in willingness to report suspicious activity to police across racial and ethnic groups
Understanding willingness to report suspicious behavior to police using an online conjoint experiment.
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