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Violence Adoption and Desistance

 

Violence Adoption and Desistance

Project Title Investigators Project Period
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah Barnett S. Koven, Samuel D. Henkin September, 2019 to September, 2021
Dynamics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Campaigns Gary Ackerman, Joseph Young, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal July, 2014 to December, 2017
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree January, 2013 to December, 2016
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
Guerilla Insurgency: The Springboard to Terrorism? Mark Lichbach June, 2008 to August, 2011
Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami: The Challenge of a Non-Violent Radical Islam Clark McCauley, Emmanuel Karagiannis June, 2005 to June, 2009
Patterns of Radicalization in Political Activism Donatella della Porta, Manuela Caiani June, 2008 to December, 2009
Radicalization of Momin Khawaja Clark McCauley, Sophia Moskalenko July, 2013 to June, 2015
Terrorist and Extremist Organizations (TEO) Database Jonathan Wilkenfeld, R. Karl Rethemeyer July, 2012 to December, 2016
Terrorist Behavior and Societal Tolerance of Violence Risa Brooks July, 2012 to December, 2013
The Mobilization Puzzle: How Individual, Group, and Situational Dynamics Produce Extremist Outcomes Gary LaFree, Michael Jensen January, 2020 to December, 2022
Tracking Cartels: Exploiting Open Sources to Identify Trends Marcus A. Boyd, Samuel D. Henkin July, 2019 to July, 2020
Tracking Sympathy and Support of Muslims for Terrorism in Muslim Countries and in the United Kingdom Clark McCauley June, 2008 to May, 2011
Turning to Terrorism: Ethnic, Religious, and Extremist Organizations Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal June, 2008 to December, 2011
Two to Tango: Government and Terrorist Group Actions in Colombia Barnett S. Koven March, 2018 to June, 2018
Understanding Desistance from Terrorism Clark McCauley May, 2005 to May, 2009
Unifying Approaches to Adversarial Modeling H. Brinton Milward, Ronald Breiger July, 2015 to December, 2017
Project Title Publication Date START Authors Publication Type
Deterring and Preventing Terrorism April 2018 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Book Chapter
Digital Participation Roles of the Global Jihad: Social Media’s Role in Bringing Together Vulnerable Individuals and VEO Content March 2018 Ligon, Gina Scott White Paper
Disengagement from Ideologically-Based and Violent Organizations: A Systematic Review of the Literature October 2016 Ligon, Gina Scott; Simi, Peter Journal Article
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah December 2021 Report
Dynamic Dimensions of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Sabah, Malaysia December 2021 Henkin, Samuel D. Report
Examining Extrajudicial Killings: Discriminant Analyses of Human Rights’ Violations June 2019 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Examining the Effect of Repressive and Conciliatory Government Actions on Terrorism Activity in Israel May 2015 Parkin, William Journal Article
Group Desistance from Terrorism: A Dynamic Perspective November 2009 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami: Evaluating the Threat Posed by a Radical Islamic Group that Remains Nonviolent February 2006 McCauley, Clark; Karagiannis, Emmanuel Journal Article
How effective are our 'better angels'? Assessing country-level declines in homicide since 1950 July 2015 LaFree, Gary Journal Article
Introducing the Nonviolent Action in Violent Contexts (NVAVC) dataset January 2019 Chenoweth, Erica Journal Article
Investigating the Applicability of Situational Crime Prevention to the Public Mass Violence Context December 2019 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
Invisible Empire of Hate: Gender Differences in the Ku Klux Klan's Online Justifications for Violence September 2018 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
Is Antifa a Terrorist Group? May 2018 LaFree, Gary Journal Article
Losing your Audience: Desistance from Terrorism in Egypt after Luxor November 2009 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
Lowest of the Low: Why Some Countries Suffer Terrorist Attacks against Schools December 2019 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Media Effects: Do Terrorist Organizations Launch Foreign Attacks in Response to Levels of Press Freedom or Press Attention? May 2015 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Migration, Crime, and Victimization May 2019 Freilich, Joshua; Belli, Roberta Book Chapter
Nonviolent Resistance and Prevention of Mass Killings During Popular Uprisings April 2018 Chenoweth, Erica Report
Organizational and Institutional Approaches: Social Movement Studies Perspectives on Political Violence May 2019 della Porta, Donatella Book Chapter
Organizational-Level Characteristics in Right-Wing Extremist Groups in the United States Over Time February 2016 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Political Islam: Untangling the Conceptual Muddle September 2007 Mainuddin, Rolin Journal Article
Political Mobilization and Institutions April 2015 Chenoweth, Erica Book Chapter
Protestors, Terrorists or Something Else? How to Think about Dissident Groups October 2019 Young, Joseph Journal Article
Radicalization to Violence: A Pathway Approach to Studying Extremism April 2018 Atwell Seate, Anita; Jensen, Michael; James, Patrick Journal Article
Radicalization: A Relational Perspective May 2018 della Porta, Donatella Journal Article
Rebel Group Attrition and Reversion to Violence: Micro-Level Evidence from Syria January 2020 Mironova, Vera Journal Article
Routine Activities and Right-Wing Extremists: An Empirical Comparison of the Victims of Ideologically Motivated and Non-Ideologically Motivated Homicides Committed by American Far-Rightists August 2015 Freilich, Joshua; Parkin, William Journal Article
Secure in their Beliefs: Personal Security, the Quest for Personal Significance, and the Psychology of Extremism April 2015 Kruglanski, Arie Book Chapter
Sudden Desistance from Terrorism: The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia and the Justice Comandos of the Armenian Genocide November 2008 McCauley, Clark; LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura Journal Article
Target-Oriented Utility Theory for Modeling the Deterrent Effects of Counterterrorism November 2014 Bier, Vicki Journal Article
Terrorist Attacks against Religious Targets in the United States, 1970 – 2017 October 2018 Miller, Erin Project Fact Sheet
Terrorist Disengagement and De-radicalisation April 2018 Braddock, Kurt Book Chapter
The Puzzle of Nonviolence in Western Sahara May 2016 Leuprecht, Christian Journal Article
Toward a Profile of Lone Wolf Terrorists: What Moves an Individual from Radical Opinion to Radical Action January 2014 McCauley, Clark; Moskalenko, Sophia Journal Article
Understanding Lone-actor Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis with Violent Hate Crimes and Group-based Terrorism September 2013 Deloughery, Kathleen; King, Ryan D.; Asal, Victor START Reports
Violence in Activism: Instigating Factors and Thresholds Breached January 2010 Hodwitz, Omi Book
When Women Fight: Unemployment, Territorial Control and the Prevalence of Female Combatants in Insurgent Organizations December 2019 Asal, Victor Journal Article
Title Byline
START researchers co-lead webinar series on security challenges in Malaysia Erin Copland
START Visiting Fellow featured in NY Times Magazine
START's Clark McCauley to Serve as Editor of New Journal on Asymmetric Conflict
Students participate in violence prevention simulation with ICONS Project Joyce Kaufman
UMD Report: Conspiracy theories fueled more terror attacks in 2020 Liam Farrell
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Samuel D. Henkin

Geospatial Research Unit (GRU) Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Victor Asal

Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Public Administration

 University at Albany, State University of New York

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