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

Publications

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Catch Them Coming and Going: Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters Marcus A. Boyd START Reports Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Countering Violent Extremism Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Western Europe
Examining the Relationship between General Social Survey (GSS) Measures and Far-Right Ideological Violence: A County-Level Analysis Amy Adamczyk, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, William Parkin START Reports Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements North America
Understanding Lone-actor Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis with Violent Hate Crimes and Group-based Terrorism Kathleen Deloughery, Ryan D. King, Victor Asal START Reports Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism North America
Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States,1970 to 2008 Gary LaFree START Reports Terrorism and Society North America
Surveying the Literature on Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Insurgency, and Countering Violent Extremism: A Summary Report with a Focus on Africa Amy Pate START Reports Counterterrorism, Countering Violent Extremism Sub-Saharan Africa
Surveying CVE Metrics in Prevention, Disengagement and De-Radicalization Programs Susan Szmania START Reports Countering Violent Extremism, Resilience North America
ISIL: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction Gina Scott Ligon, Peter Simi START Reports Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements Middle East and North Africa
Living in America as a Muslim after 9/11: Poll Trends 2001‐2007 Clark McCauley START Reports Terrorism and Society North America
Boko Haram: An Assessment of Strengths, Vulnerabilities, and Policy Options Amy Pate START Reports Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Counterterrorism Sub-Saharan Africa
Border Crossings and Terrorist Attacks in the United States: Lessons for Protecting against Dangerous Entrants Gary LaFree, Kathleen Smarick START Reports Terrorism and Society, Individual Behavior North America
Reactions to the War on Terrorism: Ethnic Group Differences in the 2007 Pew Poll of American Muslims-Final Report Clark McCauley START Reports Terrorism and Society Global, North America
Financial Crime and Material Support Schemes Linked to al-Qa'ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM) in the United States: 1990 to June 2014 Brandon A. Sullivan, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak START Reports Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism North America
Developing An Empirical Understanding of Improvised Explosive Devices: A Social and Behavioral Science Perspective Gary LaFree, Richard Legault START Reports Violent Groups and Movements Global
Violence Perpetrated by Supporters of Al-Qa’ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM): Fatal Attacks and Violent Plots in the United States Jeff Gruenewald, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, William Parkin START Reports Violent Groups and Movements North America
Analysis of Factors Related to Hate Crime and Terrorism Kathleen Deloughery, Ryan D. King, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal START Reports Terrorism and Society, Crime and Terrorism North America
Update on Geospatial Patterns of Antecedent Behavior among Perpetrators in the American Terrorism Study (ATS) Brent Smith, Kelly Damphousse, Paxton Roberts START Reports Terrorism and Society North America
Risk Communication Training: Research Findings and Recommendations for Training Development Katherine Worboys Izsak, Stephanie Madden, Elizabet Petrun Sayers, Brooke Liu START Reports Resilience, Risk Communication North America
The Organizational Dynamics of Far-Right Hate Groups in the United States: Comparing Violent to Non-Violent Organizations Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak START Reports Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements
Executive Summary: Understanding Risk Communication Best Practices and Theory Brooke Liu START Reports Resilience, Risk Communication
Validation of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative: Identifying Suspicious Activities from the Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) and the American Terrorism Study (ATS) Brent Smith, Jeff Gruenewald, Joshua Freilich, Paxton Roberts, Steven Chermak, William Parkin START Reports Terrorism and Society, Countering Violent Extremism
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St.Paul Stevan Weine START Reports Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Countering Violent Extremism, Resilience North America
Understanding Law Enforcement Intelligence Processes David L. Carter, Jeremy G. Carter, Steven Chermak START Reports Violent Groups and Movements North America
An Overview of Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995-2010 Steven Chermak, Joshua Freilich, William Parkin START Reports Terrorism and Society North America
Update on Geospatial Patterns of Precursor Behavior among Terrorists Kelly Damphousse, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Brent Smith, Paxton Roberts START Reports Terrorism and Society, Radical Beliefs and Behavior North America
Geospatial Patterns of Precursor Behavior among Terrorists Kelly Damphousse, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Brent Smith, Paxton Roberts START Reports Terrorism and Society, Crime and Terrorism North America