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Counterinsurgency and Criminology: Applying Routine Activities Theory to Military Approaches to Counterterrorism

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Abstract

Counterinsurgents have two distinct but connected problems to manage when responding to an insurgency. First, they must be able to control and reduce insurgent violence. Second, they must assert and maintain the authority of a central government (see Kilcullen, 2009). While scholarly interest in counterinsurgency has expanded over the past decade, there is not much evidence base developed for counterinsurgency and relatively little research attention that focuses on the outcomes of tactical-level military interventions during counterinsurgency, particularly in urban environments.

The author is also a Captain, United States Marine Corps (Reserve). Author’s comments do not reflect the views of the U.S. Marine Corps or Department of Defense.

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     While this paper focuses primarily on the perspective of a military force acting in the capacity of the counterinsurgent, a similar approach might be developed for the insurgent or revolutionary perspective.

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Cave, B. (2012). Counterinsurgency and Criminology: Applying Routine Activities Theory to Military Approaches to Counterterrorism. In: Lum, C., Kennedy, L. (eds) Evidence-Based Counterterrorism Policy. Springer Series on Evidence-Based Crime Policy, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0953-3_14

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