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Research Highlight: U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism Before and After the April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings

Abstract:

This study examines differences in U.S. attitudes about terrorism and government countermeasures before and after the Boston Marathon bombings by comparing the responses of American adults who completed a survey immediately before the bombings with the responses of a similar group of Americans who completed the survey immediately after the bombings.

Publication Information

Full Citation:

LaFree, Gary, and Stanley Presser, Roger Tourangeau, Amy Adamcyzk. 2013. "U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism Before and After the April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings." October. www.start.umd.edu/start/publications/local_attachments/START_USAttitudesTowardTerrorismandCT_BeforeAfterBoston_Nov2013.pdf