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

Publications

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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
Human and Social Forces in the Spread of the IED Threat: Innovation, Diffusion and Adaptation Gary Ackerman START Reports Violent Groups and Movements Global
Report: U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism Before and After the April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings Amy Adamczyk, Gary LaFree, Roger Tourangeau, Stanley Presser START Reports Terrorism and Society, Counterterrorism, Resilience 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
RCPGP Warning System Integration Research Project Final Report Dennis Mileti, Hamilton Bean START Reports Risk Communication North America
Apparent Intended Lethality: Toward a Behavioral Model of Intention to Harm in Single Issue Bombing Campaigns Margaret Wilson START Reports Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements Global
Assessing the Effectiveness of Current De‐Radicalization Initiatives and Identifying Implications for the Development of U.S.‐Based Initiatives in Multiple Settings Kurt Braddock START Reports Terrorism and Society, Individual Behavior, Deradicalization, Disengagement Global
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
U.S. Polls: Public Opinion and Right‐Wing Extremism Clark McCauley START Reports Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Radical Beliefs and Behavior North America
Alienation, Religion, Economics and Politics: Testing Theories of Radicalization in Polls of U.S. Muslims Clark McCauley START Reports Terrorism and Society, Individual Behavior, Radical Beliefs and Behavior North America
Living in America as a Muslim after 9/11: Poll Trends 2001‐2007 Clark McCauley START Reports Terrorism and Society 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
Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States (PPT‐US): Data Collection and Descriptive Analysis Erin Miller, Kathleen Smarick START Reports Violent Groups and Movements North America
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
Examining the Relationship between the Presence of Hate Groups and the Presence of Violent Far-Right Perpetrators at the County Level Amy Adamczyk, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, William Parkin START Reports Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements 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
Country Reports on Terrorism 2013: Annex of Statistical Information Erin Miller, Gary LaFree START Reports Terrorism and Society Global
Patterns of Intervention in Federal Terrorism Cases Brent Smith, Kelly Damphousse START Reports Terrorism and Society, Counterterrorism North America
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
Understanding Law Enforcement Intelligence Processes David L. Carter, Jeremy G. Carter, Steven Chermak START Reports Violent Groups and Movements 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
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
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
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
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