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Nazist och autist - men ingen terrorist? En fallstudie med TRAP-18

Bech-Jansen, Harald LU and Gidlund, Åsa LU (2023) UNDA23 20231
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This study investigates how the TRAP-18 instrument can be used to identify and prioritize threats from lone actor terrorists by applying the framework on a case of a Swedish man convicted of weapons offenses and crimes against the law on flammable and explosive substances. This case is a contribution to the increasing number of studies using TRAP-18, due to the fact that the individual studied is not convicted of, or has committed, any act of terrorism. The study finds that the perpetrator fulfils a majority of the indicators of TRAP-18, and that TRAP-18 could be a useful tool for authorities to prioritize threats from lone actors. However, the authors of this study question the tool’s usefulness in identifying potential lone actor... (More)
This study investigates how the TRAP-18 instrument can be used to identify and prioritize threats from lone actor terrorists by applying the framework on a case of a Swedish man convicted of weapons offenses and crimes against the law on flammable and explosive substances. This case is a contribution to the increasing number of studies using TRAP-18, due to the fact that the individual studied is not convicted of, or has committed, any act of terrorism. The study finds that the perpetrator fulfils a majority of the indicators of TRAP-18, and that TRAP-18 could be a useful tool for authorities to prioritize threats from lone actors. However, the authors of this study question the tool’s usefulness in identifying potential lone actor terrorists. (Less)
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author
Bech-Jansen, Harald LU and Gidlund, Åsa LU
supervisor
organization
course
UNDA23 20231
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
TRAP-18, Terrorism, Sweden, Warning, Threats, Warning behaviour, Characteristics, Swedish Security Service, Lone-actor, National security
language
Swedish
id
9117137
date added to LUP
2023-06-26 10:24:25
date last changed
2023-06-26 10:24:25
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  abstract     = {{This study investigates how the TRAP-18 instrument can be used to identify and prioritize threats from lone actor terrorists by applying the framework on a case of a Swedish man convicted of weapons offenses and crimes against the law on flammable and explosive substances. This case is a contribution to the increasing number of studies using TRAP-18, due to the fact that the individual studied is not convicted of, or has committed, any act of terrorism. The study finds that the perpetrator fulfils a majority of the indicators of TRAP-18, and that TRAP-18 could be a useful tool for authorities to prioritize threats from lone actors. However, the authors of this study question the tool’s usefulness in identifying potential lone actor terrorists.}},
  author       = {{Bech-Jansen, Harald and Gidlund, Åsa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Nazist och autist - men ingen terrorist? En fallstudie med TRAP-18}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}