Terrorist Mass Shooters Flashcards
What is terrorism?
public intimidation is a key factor that distinguishes terrorism from other violence
What is violent extremism?
- Supporting or committing acts of violence to achieve a political, ideological, religious, or social groups
- Meets definition of domestic terrorism
What is the moral disengagement theory?
Morally superior stance to justify killing people
What is the contrast principle of social comparison?
behavior justified by what it is compared to
- sure i did something bad but what they are doing is worse
What cleans up violent behavior?
Sanitized language
What is bandura’s displacement of responsibility?
- Moral disengagement because acting on the behalf of others
- Fulfilling duty
- Carrying out orders
- Diffusion of responsibility: other people should have done this as well
What are 6 reasons someone might be open to terrorist recruitment or extremism?
- Angry, alienated, disenfranchised
- Feel that current political options do not allow to create real change
- Identify with perceived victims of social injustice they are fighting
- Believe that engaging in violence against the state is not immoral
- Have friends, family sympathetic to their cause
- Joining a movement offers social/psychological rewards – belonging and identity
What allows mass shooters to collaborate and justify their attacks?
Chat rooms
What are spectacle murders?
People perform and just murder to grab people’s attention
What is the common thread of men who commit mass shootings?
Access to firearms, hating women, assaulting wives, or sharing misogynistic views online
What groups idolize mass shooters online?
Incels
Why does someone join violent extremist groups? What can we do?
- Remember the moral disengagement and social contrast principle
- Convince self good and evil
- Social and identity gains
What are push factors for mass shooters?
- Alienation, isolation, identity questions
- Feeling your in-group is under attack
- Feeling that larger powers are not doing anything to stop this
What are pull factors for mass shooters?
- Brotherhood/sisterhood
- Spiritual purpose; making utopia
- Empowerment: adventure, humanitarian cause. You are the hero
What are pull factors for mass shooters?
- Brotherhood/sisterhood
- Spiritual purpose; making utopia
- Empowerment: adventure, humanitarian cause. You are the hero
