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Lone-actor Terrorism and Impulsivity.

J Reid Meloy¹, Jeffrey W Pollard²

¹Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093.

Journal of Forensic Sciences

|April 12, 2017

Summary

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Lone-actor terrorists may act impulsively on triggers involving loss and humiliation, abandoning prior planning. Assessing impulsivity and proximal warning behaviors is crucial for preventing targeted violence.

Keywords:

forensic science impulsivity mass killing terrorism threat assessment violence risk

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Criminology
National Security

Background:

Recent lone-actor terrorist attacks show impulsive actions following triggering events.
These events often involve personal loss and humiliation, leading to precipitous actions.