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Ecoterrorism

 

Ecoterrorism

Project Title Investigators Project Period
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Disengagement and Deradicalization (EAD3) Michael Jensen, Peter Simi, Gina Scott Ligon January, 2015 to December, 2018
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree January, 2013 to December, 2016
Geospatial and Temporal Patterns of US Terrorism Brent Smith, Kelly Damphousse July, 2012 to December, 2017
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan June, 2001 to October, 2022
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration Erin Miller January, 2019 to January, 2020
New Analytical Methods for the Exploitation of Open-Source Structured Databases to Enhance Situational Awareness for Effective Counter-WMD Strategies Ronald Breiger, Gary Ackerman, Victor Asal, H. Brinton Milward, R. Karl Rethemeyer March, 2010 to March, 2014
Profiles of Incidents Involving CBRN and Non-state Actors (POICN) Database Markus Binder March, 2010 to June, 2018
Terrorism and Targeted Violence in the United States Erin Miller, Michael Jensen September, 2020 to January, 2022
The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database Gary LaFree, Brent Smith, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, Erin Miller, William Braniff, Kathleen Smarick March, 2009 to September, 2019
Project Title Publication Date START Authors Publication Type
An Evaluation of Displacement and Diffusion Effects on Eco-Terrorist Activities After Police Interventions October 2017 Yang, Sue-Ming Journal Article
An Explicit Consideration of Unintended Consequences from Counterterrorism Policy: The Case of Radical Eco-Groups August 2017 Safer-Lichtenstein, Aaron Journal Article
An Overview of Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995-2010 April 2013 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William START Reports
Climate Change and Security May 2022 Henkin, Samuel D. Research Brief
Climate Change and Terrorism: A Call to Action May 2022 Henkin, Samuel D. Research Brief
Climate Change and Terrorism: Key Insights May 2022 Henkin, Samuel D. Research Brief
Countering Ecoterrorism in the United States: The Case of 'Operation Backfire' September 2012 START Reports
Dilettantes, Ideologues, and the Weak: Terrorists Who Don't Kill July 2008 Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Discovery Communications Building Hostage-Taking September 2010 Background Report
Patterns of Precursor Behaviors in the Life Span of a U.S. Environmental Terrorist Group November 2009 Smith, Brent; Damphousse, Kelly Journal Article
Rebel with a Cause: Personal Significance from Political Activism Predicts Willingness to Self‐Sacrifice February 2019 Kruglanski, Arie Journal Article
Research Highlight: Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995-2010 May 2013 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William Research Brief
Terrorist and Non-Terrorist Criminal Attacks by Radical Environmental and Animal Rights Groups in the United States, 1970–2007 March 2012 LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura Journal Article
Title Byline
START responds to White House report on preventing violent extremism
START seeking 2014 Outstanding Article Award nominations Jessica Rivinius
START study assesses attacks by environmental and animal rights extremists Emily Smith
Tall Ambitions from the START Rachael Romano
Terrorists act locally
UMD Report: Conspiracy theories fueled more terror attacks in 2020 Liam Farrell
Image Title Job Title Institution
Joshua Freilich

Professor

 John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Laura Dugan Laura Dugan

Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology 

 The Ohio State University
Marcus A. Boyd

Geospatial Research Unit (GRU) Director, START

Director of Graduate Studies, START

 University of Maryland

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