Gary Lafree, Laura Dugan, Erin Miller

Putting Terrorism in Context (eBook, ePUB)

Lessons from the Global Terrorism Database

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book that provides a comprehensive empirical overview of the nature and evolution of both modern transnational and domestic terrorism, based on statistical data.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134712489
• Artikelnr.: 41849370

Autorenporträt

Gary LaFree is Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland.Laura Dugan is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. She is co-principal investigator for the GTD and the Government Actions in Terrorist Environments (GATE) dataset. Erin Miller is co-principal investigator and program manager for the GTD at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Enduring Impact of 9/11 2. The Creation of the Global Terrorism
Database 3. Tracking Worldwide Terrorism Trends 4. The Spatial Distribution
of Terroism Around the World and in the United States 5. Life Spans and
Attach Patterns of Terrorism Organizations 6. Terrorism Weapons, Targets
and Tactics 7. Challenging Conventional Wisdom on the Deadliness of
Terrorism Attacks 8. International and Domestic Terrorism 9. Tactical
Innovations of Terrorists 10. Government Responses to Terrorism 11. Putting
Terrorism into Context