The Morning After: Assessing the Effect of Major Terrorism Events on Prosecution Strategies and Outcomes

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dc.contributor.authorKelly R. Damphousse
dc.contributor.authorChris Shields
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:32:42Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:21Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:32:42Z
dc.date.issued2007-05-01
dc.description.abstractA major terrorism event has several important consequences for officials involved in the investigation and prosecution of terrorist activities. Such events are likely to bring increased scrutiny by both public policy officials and the media. The article uses data from the American Terrorism Study to compare the period before and after two of the most dramatic terrorist events on U.S. soil: the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 attacks. The results suggest that whether intentional or not, major terrorism events result in the government's pursuing cases that are generally less serious and less complicated, and those cases are treated much more like “traditional” crimes by the prosecution. Following the aftermath of a major event, terrorist defendants are more likely to behave like traditional offenders and are less likely to be convicted as a result of a trial than are terrorists who are indicted before major events.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationDamphousse, K. R., & Shields, C. (2007). The Morning After: Assessing the Effect of Major Terrorism Events on Prosecution Strategies and Outcomes. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 23(2), 174-194. doi: 10.1177/1043986207301362en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1043986207301362en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25202
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectterrorismen_US
dc.subjectsentencingen_US
dc.subject9/11en_US
dc.subjectOklahoma Cityen_US
dc.subjectprosecutionen_US
dc.titleThe Morning After: Assessing the Effect of Major Terrorism Events on Prosecution Strategies and Outcomesen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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