James J Norris
Biographic Data
| ID | 129238 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James J Norris |
| GIVEN NAMES | James J |
| FAMILY NAME | Norris |
| SIGNATURE | NORRIS J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY Fredonia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0326-9668 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1948 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Prevalence of Terrorist Motives Among Civilians Who Kill Police Officers
Alleging a “war on cops,” critics of US movements for police reform claim that the movements are inspiring civilians to murder officers. While studies find no increase in civilian-on-police homicides after these movements gained prominence in 2014, no research has directly evaluated this claim by testing for temporal patterns in terrorist motivations in civilian-on-police homicides. In this study, interrupted time series analysis of all recorded …
Surviving Solitary
Another Form of American Exceptionalism? A Comparative Analysis of Terrorism Sting Operations in the US and Abroad
Sting operations can potentially thwart terrorist plots, but could also threaten civil liberties and alienate communities, making them a critical subject for counterterrorism research. Yet despite considerable research on U.S. cases, little is known about terrorism stings elsewhere. How common are such cases abroad, and how many feature strong entrapment claims or result in entrapment-related acquittals? In this study, data are gathered about non…
When (and where) can right-wing terrorists be charged with terrorism
As illustrated by the cases of white supremacists Dylan Roof and Robert Bowers, most ideological mass murderers in the US cannot be charged with any federal terrorism offence, even when their attacks clearly qualify as terrorism under federal law. Yet relatively minor offences committed to support a Foreign Terrorist Organisation can be charged as terrorism. Accordingly, nearly all those charged with terrorism are Muslim. This perverse result nec…
Accounting for the (Almost Complete) Failure of the Entrapment Defense in Post-9/11 US Terrorism Cases
Despite a number of compelling entrapment claims in post-9/11 US terrorism cases, these claims have nearly always failed. While previous research suggests possible reasons for this almost complete failure of the entrapment defense, no research has yet systematically examined the mechanisms responsible for this result. Drawing on thirty-seven interviews with individuals with in-depth knowledge of particular cases, as well as textual analysis of co…
Explaining the Emergence of Entrapment in Post-9/11 Terrorism Investigations
Racial and Other Sociodemographic Disparities in Terrorism Sting Operations
Previous research suggests a high prevalence of entrapment in post-9/11 terrorism sting operations, but it is unknown whether entrapment abuses are disproportionately targeted at specific racial/ethnic, religious, or socioeconomic groups. Drawing on Black's theory of law, symbolic threat theory, and research on stereotypes, cognitive biases, and institutional incentives, the authors hypothesize that government agents and informants will use probl…
Entrapment allegations in right-wing terrorism cases
Temporal trends in US counterterrorism sting operations, 1989–2014
How has the US government’s use of counterterrorism sting operations changed over the past quarter-century? Have major terrorist attacks led to more frequent sting operations and/or more frequent entrapment – and if so, have such changes been temporary or long-lasting? Have different types of terrorism provoked different reactions? This study answers these questions using a database of US terrorism prosecutions occurring between 1989 and 2014, ea…
Rethinking accountability in new governance
Prominent theorizations of new governance – innovative, collaborative, or experimentalist modes of governance – depict it as enhancing accountability. Yet they have not clarified precisely what accountability is, or identified the range of accountability mechanisms in new governance. Based on case studies from Irish and Portuguese social inclusion policy, this study builds on existing theoretical traditions to develop a model of how new governanc…
Welcoming Address
France Alive
When (and where) can right-wing terrorists be charged with terrorism
As illustrated by the cases of white supremacists Dylan Roof and Robert Bowers, most ideological mass murderers in the US cannot be charged with any federal terrorism offence, even when their attacks clearly qualify as terrorism under federal law. Yet relatively minor offences committed to support a Foreign Terrorist Organisation can be charged as terrorism. Accordingly, nearly all those charged with terrorism are Muslim. This perverse result nec…
Explaining the Emergence of Entrapment in Post-9/11 Terrorism Investigations
Racial and Other Sociodemographic Disparities in Terrorism Sting Operations
Previous research suggests a high prevalence of entrapment in post-9/11 terrorism sting operations, but it is unknown whether entrapment abuses are disproportionately targeted at specific racial/ethnic, religious, or socioeconomic groups. Drawing on Black's theory of law, symbolic threat theory, and research on stereotypes, cognitive biases, and institutional incentives, the authors hypothesize that government agents and informants will use probl…
Temporal trends in US counterterrorism sting operations, 1989–2014
How has the US government’s use of counterterrorism sting operations changed over the past quarter-century? Have major terrorist attacks led to more frequent sting operations and/or more frequent entrapment – and if so, have such changes been temporary or long-lasting? Have different types of terrorism provoked different reactions? This study answers these questions using a database of US terrorism prosecutions occurring between 1989 and 2014, ea…
Accounting for the (Almost Complete) Failure of the Entrapment Defense in Post-9/11 US Terrorism Cases
Despite a number of compelling entrapment claims in post-9/11 US terrorism cases, these claims have nearly always failed. While previous research suggests possible reasons for this almost complete failure of the entrapment defense, no research has yet systematically examined the mechanisms responsible for this result. Drawing on thirty-seven interviews with individuals with in-depth knowledge of particular cases, as well as textual analysis of co…
Surviving Solitary
Another Form of American Exceptionalism? A Comparative Analysis of Terrorism Sting Operations in the US and Abroad
Sting operations can potentially thwart terrorist plots, but could also threaten civil liberties and alienate communities, making them a critical subject for counterterrorism research. Yet despite considerable research on U.S. cases, little is known about terrorism stings elsewhere. How common are such cases abroad, and how many feature strong entrapment claims or result in entrapment-related acquittals? In this study, data are gathered about non…
Entrapment allegations in right-wing terrorism cases
Rethinking accountability in new governance
Prominent theorizations of new governance – innovative, collaborative, or experimentalist modes of governance – depict it as enhancing accountability. Yet they have not clarified precisely what accountability is, or identified the range of accountability mechanisms in new governance. Based on case studies from Irish and Portuguese social inclusion policy, this study builds on existing theoretical traditions to develop a model of how new governanc…
France Alive
Welcoming Address
Rethinking accountability in new governance
Prominent theorizations of new governance – innovative, collaborative, or experimentalist modes of governance – depict it as enhancing accountability. Yet they have not clarified precisely what accountability is, or identified the range of accountability mechanisms in new governance. Based on case studies from Irish and Portuguese social inclusion policy, this study builds on existing theoretical traditions to develop a model of how new governanc…
Temporal trends in US counterterrorism sting operations, 1989–2014
How has the US government’s use of counterterrorism sting operations changed over the past quarter-century? Have major terrorist attacks led to more frequent sting operations and/or more frequent entrapment – and if so, have such changes been temporary or long-lasting? Have different types of terrorism provoked different reactions? This study answers these questions using a database of US terrorism prosecutions occurring between 1989 and 2014, ea…
Entrapment allegations in right-wing terrorism cases
Accounting for the (Almost Complete) Failure of the Entrapment Defense in Post-9/11 US Terrorism Cases
Despite a number of compelling entrapment claims in post-9/11 US terrorism cases, these claims have nearly always failed. While previous research suggests possible reasons for this almost complete failure of the entrapment defense, no research has yet systematically examined the mechanisms responsible for this result. Drawing on thirty-seven interviews with individuals with in-depth knowledge of particular cases, as well as textual analysis of co…
Explaining the Emergence of Entrapment in Post-9/11 Terrorism Investigations
Racial and Other Sociodemographic Disparities in Terrorism Sting Operations
Previous research suggests a high prevalence of entrapment in post-9/11 terrorism sting operations, but it is unknown whether entrapment abuses are disproportionately targeted at specific racial/ethnic, religious, or socioeconomic groups. Drawing on Black's theory of law, symbolic threat theory, and research on stereotypes, cognitive biases, and institutional incentives, the authors hypothesize that government agents and informants will use probl…
When (and where) can right-wing terrorists be charged with terrorism
As illustrated by the cases of white supremacists Dylan Roof and Robert Bowers, most ideological mass murderers in the US cannot be charged with any federal terrorism offence, even when their attacks clearly qualify as terrorism under federal law. Yet relatively minor offences committed to support a Foreign Terrorist Organisation can be charged as terrorism. Accordingly, nearly all those charged with terrorism are Muslim. This perverse result nec…
Another Form of American Exceptionalism? A Comparative Analysis of Terrorism Sting Operations in the US and Abroad
Sting operations can potentially thwart terrorist plots, but could also threaten civil liberties and alienate communities, making them a critical subject for counterterrorism research. Yet despite considerable research on U.S. cases, little is known about terrorism stings elsewhere. How common are such cases abroad, and how many feature strong entrapment claims or result in entrapment-related acquittals? In this study, data are gathered about non…
Surviving Solitary
The Prevalence of Terrorist Motives Among Civilians Who Kill Police Officers
Alleging a “war on cops,” critics of US movements for police reform claim that the movements are inspiring civilians to murder officers. While studies find no increase in civilian-on-police homicides after these movements gained prominence in 2014, no research has directly evaluated this claim by testing for temporal patterns in terrorist motivations in civilian-on-police homicides. In this study, interrupted time series analysis of all recorded …
Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Terrorism (8 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (8 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Entrapment (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)