Table 3.

Comparing successful lone actors to intercepted lone actors.

Did the Individual Successfully Commit an Attack?	Yes (n = 61) (%)	No (n = 58) (%)
University experience	54.1***	24.1
Socially isolated	70.5***	34.5
History of mental illness	39.3*	24.1
Previously rejected from wider group	16.4**	3.4
Other’s aware of research/planning or preparation for event	36.1	79.3***
Attempted to recruit others	24.6	44.8**
Learnt through virtual sources	29.5	63.8***
Bomb-making Manuals in home	31.1	70.7***
Recently exposed to new media	19.7	41.4***
Interacted virtually with wider network	24.6	46.6**
Read or consumed literature/propaganda from a wider movement	52.5	84.5***
Read or consumed literature/propaganda about other lone actors	11.5	43.1***
Read or consumed literature/propaganda of other lone Actors	8.2	22.4**

 *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01.