Terrorist learning: a new analytical framework

Kettle, Louise; Mumford, Andrew

Abstract

Terrorists learn every day to gain further knowledge on how to achieve their violent objectives. Consequently, understanding terrorist learning forms a crucial part of the fight to counter terrorism. However, whilst existing literature within terrorism studies has examined a number of different parts of the learning process there currently fails to exist a comprehensive framework to encompass the learning process as a whole. This article will rectify this oversight by drawing upon wider learning literature to develop a new analytical framework for terrorist learning that provides a definition, considers the actors involved and identifies processes and outcomes. Consequently, the full landscape of current and potential research in this important area is revealed.

Citation

Kettle, L., & Mumford, A. (2017). Terrorist learning: a new analytical framework. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 40(7), 523-538. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1237224

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 18, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Sep 20, 2016
• Publication Date: Jul 3, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 21, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 21, 2016
• Journal: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
• Print ISSN: 1057-610X
• Electronic ISSN: 1521-0731
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 523-538
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1237224
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/870912
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1237224
• Additional Information: The Version of ; Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (2016); http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1237224