Date of Conferral
2023
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Public Policy and Administration
Advisor
Jeffrey Bumgarner
Abstract
Local law enforcement agencies are charged with the responsibility to prevent terrorist events in the United States, including the emerging threat of homegrown violent extremism. Without the use of the terrorism prevention tool of information sharing, with other applicable state and federal law enforcement agencies, there continues to be a breakdown in the ability to prevent terrorist events, especially those associated with homegrown violent extremists, in the United States. This qualitative case study explores the information sharing process in law enforcement agencies by examining the recent Boston Marathon Bombing in Boston, Massachusetts that occurred in 2013. Five themes emerged from the analysis which both validate previous research and suggest that participants trust and rely that counterterrorism and/or homegrown violent extremism information would be shared with them if it were available. The study highlights that gaps remain in information sharing among law enforcement agencies, thus leaving the United States at risk for future terrorist attacks. The suggestions identified by this study, such as community policing and interagency working groups, have the ability to increase law enforcement information sharing for counterterrorism and homegrown violent extremist cases and can effect positive social change.
Recommended Citation
Corry, Danielle, "Understanding Law Enforcement Counterterrorism Information Sharing in Homegrown Violent Extremism Cases" (2023). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 14674.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/14674
