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
Lived experience and messenger credibility: A replication study on P/CVE messenger credibility in Germany
- Daniel Koehler , Michael Becker , Gordon Clubb , Jocelyn Bélanger , Michael Williams
- Extremism, Prevention
Examining messenger credibility in preventing and countering violent extremism.
Read MoreOlder and wiser: How terrorist leaders’ tenure influences tactical decisions
Understanding the impact of leader tenure and role on group operations.
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Taking terrorism on the road: American ISIS supporters and the decision whether to travel or stay home
A report on the decision to travel versus act in the homeland among ISIS-inspired persons living in the United States.
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