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Single-issue Terrorism


Single-issue Terrorism

Project Title Investigators Project Period
A Multi-Level Approach to the Study of Violent Extremism Gary LaFree, Michael Jensen January, 2018 to December, 2020
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+ Thomas Guarrieri, Marcus A. Boyd, Steve Sin July, 2018 to April, 2020
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration Erin Miller January, 2019 to January, 2020
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan June, 2001 to January, 2020
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
A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs Gary LaFree, Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz January, 2015 to March, 2019
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Disengagement and Deradicalization (EAD3) Michael Jensen, Peter Simi, Gina Scott Ligon January, 2015 to December, 2018
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex Gary LaFree, Erin Miller May, 2012 to May, 2018
Geospatial and Temporal Patterns of US Terrorism Brent Smith, Kelly Damphousse July, 2012 to December, 2017
Patterns of U.S. Extremist Crime Jeff Gruenewald, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, William Parkin July, 2012 to December, 2017
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree January, 2013 to December, 2016
Key Dimensions in Understanding Terrorist Bomb Attacks Margaret Wilson June, 2008 to May, 2010
Extremist Crime Database Related Projects Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak
Project Title Publication Date START Authors Publication Type
Analyzing Catastrophic Terrorist Events with Applications to the Food Industry January 2007 Journal Article
Comparison of Honor Killings to Anti-LGBTQ Homicides January 2018 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) December 2016 LaFree, Gary; Tinsley, Herbert; Stevenson, John; Jensen, Michael; James, Patrick START Reports
Europe's Jihadist Dilemma July 2006 Neumann, Peter Journal Article
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) May 2020 Yates, Elizabeth; Jensen, Michael; Kane, Sheehan Research Brief
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) October 2018 Safer-Lichtenstein, Aaron ; Yates, Elizabeth; LaFree, Gary; Jensen, Michael; James, Patrick Research Brief
Single-issue Terrorism May 2019 Ackerman, Gary Book Chapter
Targeting Strategies in Single-Issue Bomb Attacks January 2016 Wilson, Margaret Journal Article
Terrorist Attacks on Educational Institutions December 2014 Miller, Erin Background Report
Trajectories of Terrorism: Attack Patterns of Foreign Groups That Have Targeted the United States, 1970-1994 August 2009 LaFree, Gary; Crenshaw, Martha Journal Article
Image Title Job Title Institution
Clark McCauley Clark McCauley

Professor of Psychology

 Bryn Mawr College
Erin MIller Erin Miller

GTD Program Manager, START

 University of Maryland
Jeff Gruenewald

Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas

 University of Arkansas
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
Samuel D. Henkin

Geospatial Research Unit (GRU) Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
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Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS)
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