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Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?

  • Written by William Parkin, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Seattle University

On a Tuesday morning in September 2001, the American experience with terrorism was fundamentally altered. Two thousand, nine hundred and ninety-six people were murdered in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Thousands more, including many first responders, lost their lives to health complications from working at or being near Ground Zero.

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