Mapping threats from terrorists and tyrants: language-based detection of socio-psychological risk factors of mass violence

Ebner and Whitehouse explore the relationship between leadership psychology and mass atrocities, outlining how a psycholinguistics approach using large scale computational analysis can provide policymakers mandated to prevent large scale violence and atrocities with a powerful risk assessment tool and early warning indicators. They argue that policymakers should adopt this approach, in concert with civilians and media entities, to improve early prevention mechanisms.