Jonathan A Rae’s research while affiliated with University of St Andrews and other places

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Will it Ever be Possible to Profile the Terrorist?
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September 2012

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Journal of Terrorism Research

Jonathan A Rae

'This paper critiques the claim that terrorists can be profiled – that is to say that terrorists possess distinguishable attributes that can be conceivably identified by an observer. In doing so, the most prominent profiling parameters - racial, gender, age, pathological, psychological and socioeconomic – are investigated. The above approaches are found to have little to no applied value in identifying terrorists from a societal population. The dominant criticisms of these methods emphasise their crude reductionism, an absence of internal and external validity, and their lack of practical application. Current evidence indicates that the profiling of terrorists is a futile venture.'

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... The beginnings of the research on terrorism were marked by the search of psychological profiles. Early studies followed a criminogenic approach that emphasised the role played by psychopathologies and personality traits (Rae, 2012). However, it was soon realised that violent extremists do not differ from the general population in significant ways (Kruglanski & Fishman, 2006). ...

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The potential role of psychological time in the study of violent radicalisation, deradicalisation, and disengagement
Will it Ever be Possible to Profile the Terrorist?

Journal of Terrorism Research