A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism

Disengagement

Title Investigators Project Period
Assessing the Effectiveness of Current De-Radicalization Initiatives and Identifying Implications for the Development of U.S.-Based Initiatives in Multiple Settings -
Bargaining on and off the Battlefield: The Bargaining Model of War and Negotiations with the Afghan Taliban Barnett S. Koven -
Bridging Religious Communities and Technology Providers to Counter Narratives of Violent Extremism Alejandro Beutel, Peter Weinberger -
Counter Radicalization of Scientists in CBRN-relevant Technical Fields Arie Kruglanski, Gary Ackerman, Michele Gelfand -
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Disengagement and Deradicalization (EAD3) Michael Jensen, Peter Simi, Gina Scott Ligon -
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration Erin Miller -
Opportunities for Public-Private Partnership in Countering Online Extremism and Recruitment Brandon Behlendorf -
Social Media Influencers: Re-domaining Fashion Industry Forecasting to Anticipate Online Extremist Radicalization Barnett S. Koven, Ramon F. Brena -
Two to Tango: Government and Terrorist Group Actions in Colombia Barnett S. Koven -
Understanding Desistance from Terrorism Clark McCauley -
Project Title Publication Date Publication Type
Anger from Within: The Role of Emotions in Disengagement from Violent Extremism 2019-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Assessing the Effectiveness of Current De‐Radicalization Initiatives and Identifying Implications for the Development of U.S.‐Based Initiatives in Multiple Settings 2009-09-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Community-Focused Counter-Radicalization and Counter-Terrorism Projects 2018-11-01T12:00:00 Book
Contextualizing Disengagement: How Exit Barriers Shape the Pathways Out of Far-Right Extremism in the United States 2020-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Deradicalizing Detained Terrorists 2017-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Desistance from Terrorism: What Can We Learn from Criminology? 2008-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Disengagement from Ideologically-Based and Violent Organizations: A Systematic Review of the Literature 2016-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
ETA Ceasefires by the Numbers 2011-10-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Global Terrorism Database: Real-time Data Collection Pilot Evaluation 2023-02-28T12:00:00 START Reports
Group Desistance from Terrorism: A Dynamic Perspective 2009-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Leaving the World of Hate: Life-Course Transitions and Self-Change 2015-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Losing your Audience: Desistance from Terrorism in Egypt after Luxor 2009-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Patterns of Collective Desistance from Terrorism: Fundamental Measurement Challenges 2016-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Patterns of Onset and Decline Among Terrorist Organizations 2012-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States—Desistance, Disengagement, and Deradicalization (PIRUS-D3) 2019-07-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Protecting the Homeland from International and Domestic Terrorism Threats: Current Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Root Causes, the Role of Ideology, and Programs for Counter-radicalization and Disengagement 2010-01-01T12:00:00 White Paper
Rehabilitating the Terrorists?: Challenges in Assessing the Effectiveness of De-radicalization Programs 2010-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Rehabilitation of Jihadi Terrorists: Current Understanding and Perspectives 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Risk and Rehabilitation: Supporting the Work of Probation Officers in the Community Reentry of Extremist Offenders 2024-09-30T12:00:00 Report
Sudden Desistance from Terrorism: The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia and the Justice Comandos of the Armenian Genocide 2008-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Terrorism, Radicalization and De-radicalization 2016-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Terrorist Disengagement and De-radicalisation 2018-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The Talking Cure? Communication and Psychological Impact in Prison De-radicalisation Programmes 2014-02-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Understanding Terrorism 2017-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Vaccinating Against Hate: Using Attitudinal Inoculation to Confer Resistance to Persuasion by Extremist Propaganda 2019-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Western Muslims Volunteering to fight in Syria and Iraq: Why do they go, and what should we do? 2015-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Title Job Title Institution
Miller Erin Erin Miller Former GTD Program Manager, START University of Maryland
kurt braddock Kurt Braddock Assistant Professor, American University American University
Laura Dugan Laura Dugan Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology The Ohio State University
person-default Michael Jensen Research Director and Senior Researcher, START University of Maryland
person-default Peter Simi Associate Professor, Chapman University
Director, Earl Babbie Research Center
 Chapman University
Henkin Samuel D. Henkin Geospatial Research Unit (GRU) Researcher, START University of Maryland