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Crime and Terrorism


Crime and Terrorism

Project Title Investigators Project Period
Risk and Rehabilitation: Supporting the Work of Probation Officers in the Community Reentry of Extremist Offenders Gary LaFree, Michael Jensen, Elizabeth Yates January, 2020 to December, 2022
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah Barnett S. Koven September, 2019 to March, 2021
A Pathway Approach to the Study of Bias Crime Offenders Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree January, 2018 to October, 2020
Community-oriented Policing and Community Engagement in Benin Barnett S. Koven July, 2018 to June, 2020
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+ Thomas Guarrieri, Marcus A. Boyd, Steve Sin July, 2018 to April, 2020
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure (CT NEADS) Barnett S. Koven January, 2019 to January, 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
Expand the Transnational Illicit Trafficking (TransIT) Database Marcus A. Boyd January, 2019 to December, 2019
Developing Academic Partnerships and Collaborative Research on Countering Violent Extremism in Malaysia and Southeast Asia Amy Pate, Barnett S. Koven, William Braniff September, 2018 to December, 2019
Social Media Influencers: Re-domaining Fashion Industry Forecasting to Anticipate Online Extremist Radicalization Barnett S. Koven, Ramon F. Brena March, 2018 to September, 2019
Developing Integrated Radiological and Nuclear Detection Architecture for the Interior and International Mission Space Steve Sin, Marcus A. Boyd September, 2016 to September, 2019
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
Bargaining on and off the Battlefield: The Bargaining Model of War and Negotiations with the Afghan Taliban Barnett S. Koven February, 2019 to August, 2019
Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks Erin Miller October, 2017 to August, 2019
A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs Gary LaFree, Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz January, 2015 to March, 2019
Weapons Availability and Civil War Onset Barnett S. Koven March, 2018 to June, 2018
Open-Source Geospatial Analysis of Criminal Activity Marcus A. Boyd January, 2017 to June, 2018
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex Gary LaFree, Erin Miller May, 2012 to May, 2018
Patterns of U.S. Extremist Crime Jeff Gruenewald, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, William Parkin July, 2012 to December, 2017
Anti-Terrorism Assistance Programs William Braniff June, 2016 to May, 2017
Geospatial Analysis of Terror Finance Marcus A. Boyd July, 2015 to July, 2016
International and Regional Architecture Reports Brandon Behlendorf, Emily Iarocci, Gary Ackerman, Steve Sin May, 2012 to September, 2015
Organized and/or Transnational Crime/Drug Cartel Nexus with Illicit Radiological/Nuclear Trade, Smuggling and/or Terrorism in Europe and North, Sahelian and West Africa Amy Pate, John Sawyer, Marcus A. Boyd, Steve Sin September, 2013 to March, 2015
Building a Unified Infrastructure for Data Integration on Political Violence and Conflict Brandon Behlendorf, Gary LaFree January, 2013 to August, 2014
U.S. Crime-Terror Nexus: Terrorist Networks & Trade Diversion Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, Roberta Belli July, 2012 to December, 2013
The Threat of Pakistani Criminal Organizations: Assessing the Potential for Involvement in Radiological/Nuclear Smuggling, Collaboration with Terrorist Groups and the Potential to Destabilize the Pakistani State Amy Pate, Gary Ackerman April, 2012 to July, 2012
United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), 1990-2010 Joshua Freilich, Roberta Belli, Steven Chermak June, 2008 to October, 2011
Police Responses to Terrorism: Lessons from the Israeli Experience David Weisburd June, 2009 to May, 2010
Distinctive Characteristics of Terrorist Groups Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan January, 2005 to June, 2009
Radicalization of U.S. Prisoners Bert Useem, Obie Clayton June, 2005 to May, 2009
Creation of a Database of U.S. Extremist Crime, 1990-2005 Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak June, 2007 to January, 2009
Extremist Crime Database Related Projects Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak
Project Title Publication Date START Authorssort descending Publication Type
Causes and Consequences of Terrorism in Africa November 2014 Journal Article
Crime Terror Alliances and the State. Ethnonationalist and Islamist Challenges to Regional Security May 2013 Book
Investigating the Applicability of Macro-Level Criminology Theory to Terrorism: A County-Level Analysis November 2014 Adamczyk, Amy; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William Journal Article
Countering the Inhumane: Modeling Probable Pathways for Human Smuggling and Trafficking Along the U.S.-Mexico Border May 2015 Behlendorf, Brandon; Zhuang, Jun; Johns, Mila Research Brief
Examining Systematic Crime Reporting Bias Across Three Immigrant Generations: Prevalence, Trends, and Divergence in Self-Reported and Official Reported Arrests July 2016 Bersani, Bianca Journal Article
County-Level Correlates of Terrorist Attacks in the United States November 2014 Bersani, Bianca; LaFree, Gary Journal Article
Transnational Illicit Trafficking (TransIT) Geospatial Tool March 2016 Boyd, Marcus A.; Sin, Steve Project Fact Sheet
Intelligence Analysis within U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies: Empirical Insights from a National Sample August 2014 Carter, Jeremy Journal Article
Implementing Intelligence-Led Policing: An Application of Loose-Coupling Theory December 2014 Carter, Jeremy Journal Article
To Bribe or to Bomb: Do Corruption and Terrorism Go Together? October 2009 Chenoweth, Erica Book Chapter
Book review: Spying: Assessing US Domestic Intelligence Since 9/11 By Darren E. Tromblay September 2019 Dahl, Erik Book Review
Local Approaches to Counterterrorism: The New York Police Department Model August 2014 Dahl, Erik Journal Article
When Politicians Sell Drugs: Examining Why Middle East Ethnopolitical Organizations Are Involved in the Drug Trade March 2012 Deloughery, Kathleen; Asal, Victor 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
Research Highlight: Understanding Lone-actor Terrorism -- A Comparative Analysis with Violent Hate Crimes and Group-based Terrorism October 2013 Deloughery, Kathleen; King, Ryan; Asal, Victor Research Brief
Close Cousins or Distance Relatives? The Relationship Between Terrorism and Hate Crime October 2012 Deloughery, Kathleen; King, Ryan; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Analysis of Factors Related to Hate Crime and Terrorism December 2012 Deloughery, Kathleen; Rethemeyer, R. Karl; King, Ryan D.; Asal, Victor START Reports
Sociological and Criminological Explanations of Terrorism May 2019 Dugan, Laura Book Chapter
The Differential Risk of Retaliation by Relational Distance: A More General Model of Violent Victimization March 2005 Dugan, Laura Journal Article
Gray Zone Crises in MENA and Eastern Europe March 2017 Ellis, Devin; Murauskaite, Egle; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Gabriel, Rachel; Capps, Ron Research Brief
Terrorists Next Door? A Comparison of Mexican Drug Cartels and Middle Eastern Terrorist Organizations March 2012 Flanigan, Shawn Journal Article
Review of M.S. Hamm: Terrorism as crime: From Oklahoma City to Al Qaeda and Beyond January 2009 Freilich, Joshua Book Review
Reducing Terrorism through Situational Crime Prevention November 2008 Freilich, Joshua Book
Introducing the Special Issue on New Directions in Terrorism Research May 2015 Freilich, Joshua Journal Article
Politics, Culture, and Political Crime: Covariates of Abortion Clinic Attacks in the United States May 2007 Freilich, Joshua Journal Article
The Impact of State Laws Protecting Abortion Clinics and Reproductive Rights on Crimes against Abortion Providers: Deterrence, Backlash, or Neither? July 2007 Freilich, Joshua Journal Article
Disrupting Terrorist Assassinations Through Situational Crime Prevention July 2017 Freilich, Joshua Journal Article
Migration, Crime, and Victimization May 2019 Freilich, Joshua; Belli, Roberta Book Chapter
Financial Crime and Political Extremism in the U.S. January 2012 Freilich, Joshua; Belli, Roberta; Chermak, Steven Research Brief
Exploring the Crime-Terror Nexus in the United States: A Social Network Analysis of a Hezbollah Network Involved in Trade Diversion October 2015 Freilich, Joshua; Belli, Roberta; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
Exploring the U.S. Crime-Terror Nexus: Terrorist Networks and Trade Diversion October 2014 Freilich, Joshua; Belli, Roberta; Chermak, Steven Research Brief
Extreme Hatred: Revisiting the Hate Crime and Terrorism Relationship May 2016 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Research Brief
Animal and Environmental Rights Extremists and Crime: Setting Forth a Research Agenda November 2009 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Book Chapter
Comparison of Honor Killings to Anti-LGBTQ Homicides January 2018 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
Terrorism and Counterfeiting: A Synopsis of Critical Issues and Research Opportunities November 2009 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Book Chapter
How Women Engage Homegrown Terrorism April 2014 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
Extreme Hatred: Revisiting the Hate Crime and Terrorism Relationship to Determine Whether They Are "Close Cousins" or "Distant Relatives" December 2015 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
Cigarette smuggling and terrorism financing November 2013 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Book Chapter
Are Honor Killings Unique? A Comparison of Honor Killings, Domestic Violence Homicides, and Hate Homicides by Far-Right Extremists October 2017 Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven 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
Understanding Community Responses to Authority/Law Enforcement Minority-Outreach Intergroup Communication Frames July 2016 Glasford, Demis Research Brief
Introducing the United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) January 2014 Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Belli, Roberta; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William Journal Article
A Mixed-Method Analysis of Fatal Attacks on Policy by Far-Right Extremists December 2015 Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
Criminal Justice & Military Deaths at the Hands of Extremists November 2016 Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William Background Report
An Overview of the Domestic Far-right and its Criminal Activities November 2008 Gruenewald, Jeffrey; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Book Chapter
Unholy Alliances? How Trans-state Terrorism and International Crime Make Common Cause March 2006 Gurr, Ted Robert Conference Paper
Los Zetas and Proprietary Radio Network Development March 2016 Halverson, James Journal Article
The Terrorism Recidivism Study (TRS): Examining Recidivism Rates for Post-9/11 Offenders April 2019 Hodwitz, Omi Journal Article
Leadership protection in drug-trafficking networks February 2015 Hofmann, David Journal Article
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Development of Narco-Submarines March 2016 Jacome, Michelle Journal Article
Definitions Favorable to Terrorism? SSSL and Radicalization: A Case Study Approach February 2019 James, Patrick Journal Article
Prison and Violent Political Extremism in the United States April 2019 Jiang, Bo; LaFree, Gary Journal Article
The Reemergence of the Shining Path February 2010 Koven, Barnett S. Journal Article
Violence in Peru April 2018 Koven, Barnett S. Book Chapter
The Obama Administration and Peru February 2016 Koven, Barnett S. Book Chapter
The Evolution of Peru’s Shining Path and the New Security Priorities in the Hemisphere February 2015 Koven, Barnett S. Book Chapter
Cooperation and Drug Policies: Trends in Peru in the Twenty-First Century December 2014 Koven, Barnett S. Book Chapter
Rethinking Alternative Development December 2015 Koven, Barnett S. Journal Article
The Perils of Simultaneous COIN and Counternarcotics in Peru and Colombia April 2014 Koven, Barnett S. Journal Article
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure April 2020 Koven, Barnett S.; Lindquist, Katy; Erdemandi, Max Project Fact Sheet
The Growing Importance of Criminology in the Study of Terrorism November 2007 LaFree, Gary Journal Article
Build a Criminal Justice Policy for Terrorism February 2007 LaFree, Gary Journal Article
Criminology, Terrorism, and Serendipity June 2015 LaFree, Gary Book Chapter
How Does Studying Terrorism Compare to Studying Crime? January 2004 LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura Book Chapter
Testing a Rational Choice Model of Airline Hijackings November 2005 LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura Journal Article
How Has Criminology Contributed to the Study of Terrorism since 9/11? September 2015 LaFree, Gary; Dugan, Laura Journal Article
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
The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism November 2016 LaFree, Gary; Freilich, Joshua Book
Bringing Criminology into the Study of Terrorism January 2017 LaFree, Gary; Freilich, Joshua Book Chapter
Criminology Theory and Terrorism: New Applications and Approaches July 2015 LaFree, Gary; Freilich, Joshua Book
Social Learning and Social Control in the Off- and Online Pathways to Hate Crime and Terrorist Violence March 2019 LaFree, Gary; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
The Intersection of Homicide, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism January 2018 LaFree, Gary; Gruenewald, Jeff Journal Article
Weapon Choice and American Political Violence: A Comparison of Terrorists and Other Felons in Federal Custody August 2009 Legault, Richard Journal Article
Applying Social Network Analysis to Terrorist Financing May 2018 Leuprecht, Christian Book Chapter
Structural Differences of Violent Extremist Offenders in Correctional Settings June 2015 Leuprecht, Christian Journal Article
Hezbollah's Global Tentacles: A Relational Approach to Convergence with Transnational Organised Crime November 2015 Leuprecht, Christian Journal Article
Cyber-Dependent Crimes: An Interdisciplinary Review January 2019 Maimon, David Journal Article
A Surveillance Banner on Compromised Computer Systems Reduces Hackers’ Active Engagement July 2015 Maimon, David Research Brief
Illegal Roaming and File Manipulation on Target Computers: Assessing the Effect of Sanction Threats on System Trespassers’ Online Behaviors August 2017 Maimon, David Journal Article
War Versus Criminal Justice in Responding to Terrorism: The Losing Logic of Torture November 2008 McCauley, Clark Book Chapter
How Many Suicide Terrorists are Suicidal? August 2014 McCauley, Clark Journal Article
When Terrorists Go Bad: Analyzing Terrorist Organizations' Involvement in Drug Smuggling November 2014 Milward, H. Brinton; Asal, Victor Journal Article
’Unholy Alliances’: How Transnational Terrorists and Crime Make Common Cause November 2010 Mincheva, Lyubov; Gurr, Ted Robert Book Chapter
Unholy Alliances: Evidence on Linkages between Trans-State Terrorism and Crime Networks: The Case of Bosnia June 2010 Mincheva, Lyubov; Gurr, Ted Robert Book Chapter
Nuclear Smuggling and Threats to Lithuanian Security December 2016 Murauskaite, Egle Journal Article
The Trust Paradox in Nuclear Smuggling December 2015 Murauskaite, Egle Journal Article
Criminal Pasts, Terrorist Futures: European Jihadists and the New Crime-Terror Nexus December 2016 Neumann, Peter Journal Article
The “New” Face of Transnational Crime Organizations (TCOs): A Geopolitical Perspective and Implications to U.S. National Security May 2013 Pate, Amy; Ackerman, Gary; Johns, Mila White Paper
Children of Terrorism Survivors: Physiological Reactions Seven Years following a Terrorist Incident January 2014 Pfefferbaum, Betty Book Chapter
How Does Leadership Decapitation Affect Violence? The Case of Drug Trafficking Organizations in Mexico April 2015 Phillips, Brian Journal Article
Crime Pays: Terrorist Group Engagement in Crime and Survival November 2017 Piazza, James A. Journal Article
The Opium Trade and Patterns of Terrorism in the Provinces of Afghanistan: An Empirical Analysis March 2012 Piazza, James A. Journal Article
The Illicit Drug Trade, Counternarcotics Strategies and Terrorism December 2011 Piazza, James A. Journal Article
"I'm down for a Jihad": How 100 Years of Gang Research can Inform the Study of Terrorism, Radicalization and Extremism February 2015 Pyrooz, David C.; Decker, Scott H. Journal Article
Gangs, Terrorism, and Radicalization October 2011 Pyrooz, David C.; Decker, Scott H. Journal Article
Cut from the Same Cloth? A Comparative Study of Domestic Extremists and Gang Members in the United States May 2017 Pyrooz, David C.; LaFree, Gary; James, Patrick; Decker, Scott H. Journal Article
Effect of Intelligence Collection Training on Suspicious Activity Recognition by Front Line Police Officers May 2015 Regens, James Journal Article
Video Surveillance and Counterterrorism: The Application of Suspicious Activity Recognition in Visual Surveillance Systems to Counterterrorism August 2014 Regens, James Journal Article
Crime, Conflict, and the Legitimacy Trade-Off: Explaining Variation in Insurgents’ Participation in Crime February 2019 Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Asal, Victor Journal Article
Comparative configurational analysis as a two-mode network problem: A study of terrorist group engagement in the drug trade May 2013 Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Breiger, Ronald Journal Article
The Link Between Prior Criminal Record and Violent Political Extremism in the United States June 2020 Safer-Lichtenstein, Aaron ; LaFree, Gary; Jensen, Michael; James, Patrick Book Chapter
Maritime Security Initiatives: A Paper Tiger or a Concrete Solution? November 2016 Sin, Steve Journal Article
Prosecuting Terrorism: Challenges in the Post-9/11 World September 2015 Smith, Brent; Damphousse, Kelly Journal Article
Geospatial Patterns of Precurrsor Behavior among Terrorists June 2011 Smith, Brent; Damphousse, Kelly; Fitzpatrick, Kevin; Roberts, Paxton START Reports
The Situated Contexts of American Terrorism: A Conjunctive Analysis of Case Configurations April 2019 Smith, Brent; Gruenewald, Jeff Journal Article
Research Brief: Validation of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative March 2015 Smith, Brent; Gruenewald, Jeffrey; Freilich, Joshua; Roberts, Paxton; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William Research Brief
What Do The Dead Say? The Architecture of Salvific Discourses in Post-Genocide Rwanda June 2015 Stevenson, John Journal Article
Financial Crime and Material Support Schemes Linked to al-Qa'ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM) in the United States: 1990 to June 2014 December 2014 Sullivan, Brandon; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Research Brief
Financial Crime and Material Support Schemes Linked to al-Qa'ida and Affiliated Movements (AQAM) in the United States: 1990 to June 2014 November 2014 Sullivan, Brandon; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven START Reports
The Nexus between Terrorism and U.S. Product Counterfeiting July 2014 Sullivan, Brandon; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Report
An Examination of the American Far Right’s Anti-Tax Financial Crimes April 2019 Sullivan, Brandon; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven Journal Article
Financial Crimes Perpetrated by Far-Right Extremists in the United States: 1990-2013 June 2015 Sullivan, Brandon; Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William Research Brief
Piracy and Counter-Piracy Cooperation in Southeast Asia (2000-2014) July 2015 Tippin, Garett; Stevenson, John Research Brief
Research Brief: Significant Multi-Domain Incidents against Critical Infrastructure (SMICI) Dataset December 2019 Washburn, Rhyner; Sin, Steve Research Brief
Protocol: Increased Police Patrol Presence Effects on Crime and Disorder July 2016 Weisburd, David Journal Article
Introduction: Understanding Police Innovation November 2005 Weisburd, David Book Chapter
Terrorist Threats and Police Performance November 2009 Weisburd, David Journal Article
Understanding Recruitment to Organized Crime and Terrorism June 2020 Weisburd, David Book
Terrorist Recidivism in Israel: Rates, Patterns and Risk Factors June 2020 Weisburd, David Book Chapter
Policing Terrorism, Crime Control, and Police-Community Relations: Learning from the Israeli Experience July 2014 Weisburd, David Book
Reducing the Gap in Perceptions of Legitimacy of Victims and Non-victims: The Importance of Police Performance April 2016 Weisburd, David Journal Article
Terrorist behavior in hostage taking: Policy issues and research directions October 2006 Wilson, Margaret Book Chapter
Motivations and Characteristics of Hate Crime Offenders October 2020 Yates, Elizabeth; Jensen, Michael; Kane, Sheehan Research Brief
Violent Hate Crime Offenders October 2020 Yates, Elizabeth; Jensen, Michael; Kane, Sheehan Research Brief
Characteristics and Targets of Mass Casualty Hate Crime Offenders November 2020 Yates, Elizabeth; Jensen, Michael; Kane, Sheehan Research Brief
Perspectives on Cybersecurity Information Sharing among Multiple Stakeholders Using a Decision-Theoretic Approach August 2017 Zhuang, Jun Journal Article
Title Byline
Hate Crime is a National Security Issue William Braniff
New analysis of hate crime in America: Mass casualty hate crime offenders Jessica Rivinius
New research reveals tremendous diversity in hate crime offenders’ backgrounds and motivations Jessica Rivinius
START launches Terrorism 360 podcast Jessica Rivinius
Pre-radicalization criminal activity is strongest predictor of post-radicalization violent extremism Jessica Rivinius
New study examines FARC’s development of narco-submarines Valerie Snaman
Designing Danger: Complex Engineering by Violent Non-State Actors Jessica Rivinius
Is This Terrorism? / Why Does It Matter? Erin Miller
The Audacity of Hype: Why International Cooperation will easily defeat Piracy in Southeast Asia John Stevenson, Garett Tippin
Research finds probable pathways and chokepoints for human smuggling along U.S.-Mexico border Jessica Rivinius
Financing terrorism through trade diversion Lauren Sagl
START Director's China visit opens door for future scholarly collaboration Laura Walker
A closer look at the 2,600 terrorist attacks in US, 1970-2012
START Newsletter: Global terrorism increasing; GTD 2012 dataset released; New cyber research
Study finds that warning banners deter hackers Mary Beck
Background Report: Truck carrying radioactive material stolen in Mexico
START adds third course to summer line-up
START researchers available to discuss radioactive material stolen in Mexico Jessica Rivinius
Discussion Point: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Methodological Advancements in Data Collection and Coding: Insights from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Michael Jensen
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Junior Researcher, Global Terrorism Database
START Newsletter: Intelligence and security; perspectives on terrorism; Hezbollah; 'big data' and coding
Discussion Point: Embrace "Big Data," but don't ignore the human element in data coding Peter S. Henne, Jonathan Kennedy
START seeking 2014 Outstanding Article Award nominations Jessica Rivinius
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Data Collection Manager
Violent hate crimes offer insights into lone-actor terrorism Jessica Rivinius
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Hourly Research Assistant, Failure Points in Smuggling Networks
START Symposium showcases impactful research, datasets Mary Beck, Jessica Rivinius
Researcher Spotlight: Jeff Gruenewald Keri Enriquez
Researcher Spotlight: Ronald Breiger Emily Smith
Hybrid political criminal organizations pose RN smuggling threat
START study assesses attacks by environmental and animal rights extremists Emily Smith
Assessing the likelihood of Hate Crime in wake of Boston Attacks
Americans more likely to think about terrorism than violent crime Andres Feijoo
Call for papers for a special issue of Terrorism and Political Violence on "Criminological approaches to the study of terrorism" Joshua Freilich, Gary LaFree
START researchers present work on transnational criminal organizations, terrorism and radiological/nuclear (RN) smuggling
Researcher Spotlight: Kelly Damphousse Mary Beck
Research Roundtable event features START researcher Brandon Behlendorf Mary Beck
LaFree gives talk at Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics
LaFree recognized as field leader by American Society of Criminology Samantha Goldman
Top-ranked criminology journal features START research Jessica Rivinius
Urban U.S. counties hot spots of terror, but rural areas are not exempt Jessica Rivinius
New research examines financial crime and political extremism
START Investigators Present Research at National Conference
Now Hiring: Senior Researcher, Terrorism and Counterterrorism
REPORT RELEASE: ICSR/START Report on Prison Radicalisation to be Launched at New York Summit
Applications Being Accepted for START's Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Studies
New Dataset on Ethnically Based Organizations Released
START Researcher Awarded Stockholm Prize in Criminology
New, Updated Data on Global Terrorist Activity Now Available
START Welcomes New Advisory Board Member
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06
START Hosts DHS Faculty/Student Research Teams
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Aaron Safer-Lichtenstein

Analyst, Government Accountability Office
Amy Pate Amy Pate

Executive Director & Research Director, START

 University of Maryland
Barnett Koven Barnett S. Koven

Training Director

Near-peer Competition Lead Researcher

Counterterrorism Lead Researcher

 University of Maryland
Bo Jiang, START Bo Jiang

Graduate Research Assistant, START

 University of Maryland
Brandon Behlendorf Brandon Behlendorf

Assistant Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, SUNY Albany

 University at Albany, State University of New York
Elizabeth Yates

Senior Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Gary LaFree

Founding Director, START; Chair, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

 University of Maryland
Jeff Gruenewald

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

 University of Arkansas
Photo of Joe Oudin Joseph Oudin

Senior Faculty Specialist, Global Terrorism Database, START

 University of Maryland
Joshua Freilich

Professor

 John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Karina Panyan

Research Assistant, Global Terrorism Database (GTD), START

 University of Maryland
Laura Dugan Laura Dugan

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

 University of Maryland
Marcus A. Boyd

Senior Researcher, GIS, START

Director, Graduate Studies, START

 University of Maryland
Megan Rutter

Junior Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Michael Distler

Senior Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Michael Jensen

Senior Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Peter Simi

Associate Professor, Chapman University

Director, Earl Babbie Research Center

 Chapman University
Prabhakar Misra Prabhakar Misra

Professor of Physics

 Howard University
Rebecca (Becca) Earnhardt

PhD student

Research Associate, Stimson Center

 University of Maryland
Salma Bouziani

Project Manager/Researcher, START

 University of Maryland
Samuel D. Henkin

Assistant Research Scientist, START

 University of Maryland
Sheehan Kane

Researcher/Data Collection Manager, START

 University of Maryland
Steve Sin

Director, Unconventional Weapons and Technology (UWT)

Subject Matter Expert Instructor, National Center for Security & Preparedness

 University of Maryland
Thomas Guarrieri

Assistant Research Scientist, Unconventional Weapons & Technology (UWT) Division, 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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