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The report the DOJ scrubbed form their site which seems to have been completed during the Biden Admin but I could be wrong

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WHAT NIJ RESEARCH TELLS US ABOUT DOMESTIC TERRORISM

NIJ-funded research projects have led to a better understanding of the processes that result in violent
action, factors that increase the risk of radicalizing to violence, and how best to prevent and respond to
violent extremism
nij.ojp.gov

Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism
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Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives
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In this same period, far-left extremists committed 42 ideologically motivated attacks that took 78 lives


5/link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

The PIRUS and BIAS data indicate that U.S. extremists and individuals who commit hate crimes often engage in
a range of violent and nonviolent criminal activities

6/start.umd.edu/data-tools/pro…

White supremacists in PIRUS tend to be older and less well-educated and are more likely to have criminal histories than those who were inspired by foreign terrorist groups or those associated with the extremist environmental or anarchist movements
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In 2019, NIJ funded researchers at the USC to investigate the link between military service and violent domestic extremism. Although this study is ongoing, preliminary findings have been drawn from a secondary analysis of the American Terrorism Study


8/terrorismresearch.uark.edu/data/

I'm adding links to the particular studies. These will not be found in the report

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN FACILITATING AND PREVENTING DOMESTIC RADICALIZATION


9/ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/…

The research team observed significant differences
between military vets and civilian extremists across
both demographic and homegrown violent extremist
characteristics. First, they found that military veteran
and civilian extremists differed with respect to age,
sex, and
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marital status. Specifically, individuals with
military service who engaged in homegrown violent
extremism were more likely to be older, male, and
in marital or cohabiting relationships than civilians
who engaged in homegrown violent extremism

Second, analyses revealed that, compared to civilian
extremists, military veteran extremists had greater
affiliations with right-wing terrorist groups (versus
left-wing, international, or other terrorist groups)
and were more likely to hold leadership positions
within these
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Finally, other than gov/fed officials or buildings, which were the primary targets across all groups, the primary
targets of veterans were diverse social groups, such
as those belonging to racial, ethnic, and religious
minority groups
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“Exposure to radical content online appears to have a larger relationship with radicalization than other media-related risk factors (television usage, media exposure), and the impact of this relationship is most pronounced for the behavioral outcomes of radicalization.
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Entering and Exiting White Supremacy in the United States

An NIJ-funded research team led by RTI International
examined the complex social-psychological processes
involved with entering, mobilizing, and exiting white
supremacy in the United States.
rti.org/focus-area/pre…

Read the whole deleted report here:


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