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Individual Behavior

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A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs Gary LaFree, Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz -
A Multi-Level Approach to the Study of Violent Extremism Gary LaFree, Michael Jensen -
A Pathway Approach to the Study of Bias Crime Offenders Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree -
Behavioral Assessments Based on Automated Text Analyses James Pennebaker -
Border Crossings and Terrorist Attacks in the United States: Lessons for Protecting Against Dangerous Entrants Brent Smith, Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Kathleen Smarick -
Bridging Religious Communities and Technology Providers to Counter Narratives of Violent Extremism Alejandro Beutel, Peter Weinberger -
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St. Paul Stevan Weine -
Campus Dialogues Jonathan Wilkenfeld -
Cell Groups and Individual Radicalization in Indonesia, United Kingdom, and the United States Douglas M. McLeod -
Community-level Indicators of Radicalization: A Data and Measurement Workshop Gary LaFree, Kathleen Smarick, Shira Fishman -
Computational Modeling of Grievances and Political Instability Through Global Media Gary LaFree -
Counter Radicalization of Scientists in CBRN-relevant Technical Fields Arie Kruglanski, Gary Ackerman, Michele Gelfand -
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex Gary LaFree, Erin Miller -
Decision Making and Simulation Anthony Lemieux, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal -
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+ Thomas Guarrieri, Marcus A. Boyd, Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. -
Developing a Typology of Terrorism Involvement: A Basis for Sentencing, Management, Risk Reduction, Release & Monitoring of Terrorist Offenders -
Developing Academic Partnerships and Collaborative Research on Countering Violent Extremism in Malaysia and Southeast Asia Amy Pate, Barnett S. Koven, William Braniff -
Developing Impact and Effectiveness Assessment Tool for Influence Operations Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. -
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah Barnett S. Koven, Samuel D. Henkin -
Effects of Uncertainty on Support for Religious Extremism Arie Kruglanski -
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Disengagement and Deradicalization (EAD3) Michael Jensen, Peter Simi, Gina Scott Ligon -
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree -
European Converts to Islam: An Evolving Threat? Emmanuel Karagiannis -
Framing Global Salafi-Jihadist Messages in the West Peter Neumann -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration Erin Miller -
Insider Threat for Inbound International Air Cargo Gary Ackerman -
Islamic Radicalization in Europe and North America: Parallels and Divergence Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer, Peter Neumann -
Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad Mohammed Hafez -
Massive Online Open Course: Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat Gary LaFree, William Braniff, Katherine Worboys Izsak -
Measuring Intervention Success in Terrorist Activities Brent Smith -
Modeling the Emergence of Leaders in Self-Organizing Social Networks Nina Fefferman -
Opportunities for Public-Private Partnership in Countering Online Extremism and Recruitment Brandon Behlendorf -
Radicalization in the Ranks Michael Jensen, Sheehan Kane -
Radicalization of Momin Khawaja Clark McCauley, Sophia Moskalenko -
Recruitment and Radicalization among US Far-Right Terrorists Peter Simi -
Social Media Influencers: Re-domaining Fashion Industry Forecasting to Anticipate Online Extremist Radicalization Barnett S. Koven, Ramon F. Brena -
Social Network Analysis for Combating Terrorist Networks Alan Neustadtl, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Victor Asal -
Support for Terrorism as a Function of Individualistic and Collectivistic Goals Arie Kruglanski -
Terrorism and Targeted Violence in the United States Erin Miller, Michael Jensen -
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 -
Updates to the Big, Allied, and Dangerous (BAAD) Dataset Victor Asal -
Using Experimental Research to Study the Dynamics of Radicalization, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism Anthony Lemieux -
Validating Models of Adversary Behavior Jun Zhuang -
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Political Islam and Social Movement Theory: The Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kyrgyzstan 2005-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Psychological Correlates of Support for Compromise: A Polling Study of Jewish-Israeli Attitudes toward Solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 2005-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Testing a Rational Choice Model of Airline Hijackings 2005-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Political, Religious, and Psychological Characteristics of Muslim Protest Marchers in Eight European Cities: Jerusalem Day 2002 2005-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
An Experimental Investigation of the Choice of Terror and Support for Taking Action 2008-01-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
What's Special about U.S. Muslims? The War on Terrorism as Seen by Muslims in the United States, Morocco, Egypt, Pakistan, and Indonesia 2008-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Circles Drawing Toward High Risk Activism: The Use of Usroh and Halaqa in Islamist Radical Movements 2008-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Mechanisms of Political Radicalization: Pathways Toward Terrorism 2008-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Look at Terrorist Behavior: How They Prepare, Where They Strike 2008-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Book Review of S.A. Wright, Patriots, Politics, and the Oklahoma City Bombing 2008-07-01T12:00:00 Book Review
Trends in American Gun Ownership 2008-11-01T12:00:00 Book
Consenting to a Child's Decision to Join a Jihad: Insights from a Survey of Militant Families in Pakistan 2008-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Alienation, Religion, Economics and Politics: Testing Theories of Radicalization in Polls of U.S. Muslims 2009-01-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Assessing the Effectiveness of Current De‐Radicalization Initiatives and Identifying Implications for the Development of U.S.‐Based Initiatives in Multiple Settings 2009-09-01T12:00:00 START Reports
U.S. Muslims after 9/11: Poll Trends 2001-2007 2009-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Community and Family Approaches to Combating the Radicalization and Recruitment of Somali-American Youth and Young Adults: A Psychosocial Perspective 2009-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
U.S. Polls: Public Opinion and Right‐Wing Extremism 2010-04-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Boomerang: Opinion versus Action in the Radicalization of Abu-Mulal al-Balawi 2010-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Grievance, Social Dominance Orientation, and Authoritarianism in the Choice and Justification of Terror Versus Protest 2010-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us 2011-01-01T12:00:00 Book
The psychology of lone-wolf terrorism 2011-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Politically motivated violent extremism 2012-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Teaching International Crises with Online Simulations: A Case Study of an India-Pakistan Crisis 2012-03-01T12:00:00 Conference Paper
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St.Paul Handout 2012-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St.Paul 2012-08-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Cues to Catching Deception in Interviews: A Brief Overview 2012-10-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Border Crossings and Terrorist Attacks in the United States: Lessons for Protecting against Dangerous Entrants 2012-11-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Characteristics of Lone-Wolf Violent Offenders: a Comparison of Assassins and School Attackers 2013-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Should START Researchers Embrace the Brain? 2013-02-01T12:00:00 Discussion Point
Anger or Ability: Arguing the Causes of Rebellion 2013-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Terrorism and the North Caucasus: An Overview 2013-04-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Distinguishing "Loner" Attacks from Other Domestic Extremist Violence 2013-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The psychological structure of aggression across cultures 2013-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Lone-Offender Terrorists 2013-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Two Possible Profiles of Lone-actor Terrorists 2013-09-01T12:00:00 White Paper
Understanding Lone-actor Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis with Violent Hate Crimes and Group-based Terrorism 2013-09-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Discussion Point: Is Aaron Alexis part of a larger phenomenon of lone-actor grievance-based violence? 2013-09-01T12:00:00 Discussion Point
Terrorism—A (self) love story: Redirecting the significance quest can end violence 2013-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Seeing is believing: communication modality, anger, and support for action on behalf of out-groups 2013-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Far-Right Lone Wolf Homicides in the United States 2013-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Transnational Islamist Networks: Western Fighters in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria 2013-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Project Fact Sheet
Trends in Israeli policing: terrorism, community, victimization and crime control 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
An Army of One: Assessing CBRN Pursuit and Use by Lone Wolves and Autonomous Cells 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Toward a Profile of Lone Wolf Terrorists: What Moves an Individual from Radical Opinion to Radical Action 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States: Preliminary Findings 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
The Psychology of Radicalization and Deradicalization: How Significance Quest Impacts Violent Extremism 2014-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
How Women Engage Homegrown Terrorism 2014-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Ideological Victimization: Homicides Perpetrated by Far-Right Extremists 2014-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Configuring Legitmacy: A Framework fo Legitimation in Armed Conflict 2014-04-01T12:00:00 Book
Characteristics of Violent Lone-Offenders: a Comparison of Assassins and School Attackers (Research Highlight) 2014-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
How Many Suicide Terrorists are Suicidal? 2014-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Middle Eastern Youth and the Arab Spring: Cross-National Variation and Trends in Values 2014-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Shifts in Perceptions of NGOs with the Creation of the Palestinian National Authority 2014-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Patterns of Lone Actor Terrorism in the United States: Research Brief 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Putting Terrorism in Context: Lessons from the Global Terrorism Database (Contemporary Terrorism Studies) 2015-01-01T12:00:00 Book
Research Brief: Validation of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative 2015-03-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Trauma as a Precursor to Violent Extremism 2015-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Political Mobilization and Institutions 2015-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Service-Seeking Behavior, Perceptions of Armed Actors, and Preferences Regarding Governance: Evidence from the Palestinian Territories 2015-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Religiosity and Reactions to Terrorism 2015-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Significance Quest Theory as the Driver of Radicalization towards Terrorism 2015-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Western Muslims Volunteering to fight in Syria and Iraq: Why do they go, and what should we do? 2015-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Powers and Problems of Integrating Social Media Data with Public Health and Safety 2015-09-01T12:00:00 Conference Paper
START Symposium 2015: Individual Radicalization Panel 2015-10-01T12:00:00 Presentation
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States: Preliminary Findings (Oct. 2015) 2015-10-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Exposure to Muslims in Media and Support for Public Policies Targeting Muslims 2015-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Deadlier in the U.S.? On Lone Wolves, Terrorist Groups, and Attack Lethality 2015-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Intensely Exposed Oklahoma City Terrorism Survivors: Long-term Mental Health and Health Needs and Posttraumatic Growth 2016-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Catch Them Coming and Going: Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-03-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Comparing Social Media and Traditional Surveys Around the Boston Marathon Bombing 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Conference Paper
The Scared, the Outraged, and the Anxious: How Crisis Emotions, Involvement, and Demographics Predict Publics' Conative Coping 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Patterns of Terrorism in the United States, 1970-2014 2016-05-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Terrorist Attacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure in the United States, 1970-2015 2016-06-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Mental Illness and Terrorism 2016-07-01T12:00:00 Discussion Point
Momin Khawaja: Mechanisms of Radicalization 2016-08-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Temporal Sequencing, Incident Sophistication, and Terrorist Outcomes 2016-08-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) 2016-12-01T12:00:00 START Reports
The Study of Terrorist Leadership: Where Do We Go From Here? 2017-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Lone Wolf Terrorists: What Motivates Them? 2017-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Driving-Forces Model on Individual Behavior in Scenarios Considering Moving Threat Agents 2017-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Annex of Statistical Information: Country Reports on Terrorism 2016 2017-07-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Women in the White Supremacist Movement 2017-07-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The Impact of the Orlando Mass Shooting on Fear of Victimization and Gun-Purchasing Intentions: Not What One Might Expect 2017-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Addicted to Hate: Identity Residual among Former White Supremacists 2017-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States-Foreign Fighters: Infographics 2017-10-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Radicalization to Violence: A Pathway Approach to Studying Extremism 2018-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Radicalization: A Relational Perspective 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Religious Fundamentalism in Eight Muslim‐Majority Countries: Reconceptualization and Assessment 2018-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Invisible Empire of Hate: Gender Differences in the Ku Klux Klan's Online Justifications for Violence 2018-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World 2018-09-01T12:00:00 Book
Political Action as a Function of Grievances, Risk, and Social Identity: An Experimental Approach 2018-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
How “Alone” are Lone-Actors? Exploring the Ideological, Signaling, and Support Networks of Lone-Actor Terrorists 2018-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Panel Effects: Do the Reports of Panel Respondents Get Better or Worse over Time? 2018-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Marvel of Martyrdom: The Power of Self-Sacrifice in a Selfish World 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Book
Cognitive Mechanisms in Violent Extremism 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
When Data Do Not Matter: Exploring Public Perceptions of Terrorism 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Meta-analysis of Intervention Effects on Depression and/or Anxiety in Youth Exposed to Political Violence or Natural Disasters 2019-02-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Social Learning and Social Control in the Off- and Online Pathways to Hate Crime and Terrorist Violence 2019-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Towards a Definition of Terrorist Ideology 2019-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Risk Tolerance during Conflict: Evidence from Aleppo, Syria 2019-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Using Google and Twitter to Measure, Validate and Understand Views about Religion across Africa 2019-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Rise and Endurance of Radical Right Movements 2019-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Who Is More Violent in Extremist Groups? A Comparison of Leaders and Followers 2019-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Rebel Group Attrition and Reversion to Violence: Micro-Level Evidence from Syria 2020-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Conflict Changes How People View God 2020-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Cross-Agency Evaluation of DoD, VA, and HHS Mental Health Public Awareness Campaigns 2020-02-01T12:00:00 Report
Transnational Volunteers: American Foreign Fighters Combating the Islamic State 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Truth and Significance: A 3N Model (Needs, Narratives, Networks) Perspective on Religion 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Do White Supremacist Women Adopt Movement Archetypes of Mother, Whore, and Fighter? 2020-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Essence of Hate and Love 2020-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know 2020-06-01T12:00:00 Book
Spreading Protests: Changing Paths of Transnationalization of Social Movements 2020-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Choosing to Fight, Choosing to Die: Examining How ISIS Foreign Fighters Select Their Operational Roles 2020-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Future of Nonviolent Resistance 2020-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Street-level Repression: Protest, Policing, and Dissent in Uganda 2020-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations: The Military, Society, Politics, and Modern War 2020-10-01T12:00:00 Book
The Call of the Wild: How Extremism Happens 2021-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Measuring Fundamentalism Across the Abrahamic Faiths 2021-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Micro and Macro-Level Risk Factors for Extremism and Terrorism: Toward a Criminology of Extremist Violence 2021-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Masters of Both: Balancing the Extremes of Innovation Through Tight–Loose Ambidexterity 2021-09-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
QAnon Crimes in the United States: A Comprehensive Dataset Codebook 2021-09-01T12:00:00 START Reports
The Psychology of Extremism: A Motivational Perspective 2021-09-01T12:00:00 Book
Dynamic Dimensions of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Sabah, Malaysia 2021-12-01T12:00:00 Report
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah 2021-12-01T12:00:00 Report
Influence-to-Action Model Development: A Tool to Assess the Impact of Foreign Influence Operations 2021-12-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Radicalization in the Ranks 2022-04-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Knowing is Half the Battle: How Education Decreases the Fear of Terrorism 2022-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Influence-to-Action Model and Campaign/Narrative Impact Assessment Tool 2022-05-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Terrorism and Conspiracy Theories: A View from the 3N Model of Radicalization 2022-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
When the Levee Breaks: A Global Trend of Cyber-Physical and Cyber-Operational Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure and Future Implications on the Great Power Competition 2022-09-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
An Agenda for Addressing Bias in Conflict Data 2022-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Private Military and Security Companies and Human Rights Abuses: The Impact of CEOs’ Military Background 2023-02-21T12:00:00 Journal Article
Global Terrorism Database: Real-time Data Collection Pilot Evaluation 2023-02-28T12:00:00 START Reports
The Link Between Age and Extremism 2023-03-15T12:00:00 Journal Article
Extremism and the Extreme Personality 2023-04-20T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Beyond Violent Extremism: A 3N Perspective of Inceldom 2023-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
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UMD Report: Conspiracy theories fueled more terror attacks in 2020
Unconventional Weapons and Technology (UWT) researchers present at 79th Midwest Political Science Association Conference
Unconventional Weapons and Technology team present research on influence operations at Laboratory for Analytic Sciences symposium
START produces new data tool exploring crimes committed by U.S. QAnon offenders
UWT director speaks about influence operations for Laboratory for Analytic Sciences podcast
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) data now available
More plot participants, greater rate of attack success
Another Look at Jujitsu Politics
Computational Social Science: Understanding terrorist attacks on Twitter
New START model forecasts the flow of foreign fighters
Mohamed Nimer on the Americanization and Evolution of Islamism
Discussion Point: Insider Threat in the Aviation Industry
Tall ambitions from the START
Patterns of Lone Actor Terrorism in the U.S.
START Researchers on Canadian Parliament Shooter Michael Zahaf-Bibeau
New research brief comparing lone-actor violent offenders
A grassroots approach to tackling violent extremism
A closer look at the 2,600 terrorist attacks in US, 1970-2012
Preliminary findings on Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the US
Finding answers in social psychology
START Newsletter: Intelligence and security; perspectives on terrorism; Hezbollah; 'big data' and coding
Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Clark McCauley
START seeking 2014 Outstanding Article Award nominations
START Newsletter: Violent hate crimes and lone-actor terrorism; Cultural values and terrorism; Al-Shabaab
Violent hate crimes offer insights into lone-actor terrorism
Discussion Point: Is Aaron Alexis part of a larger phenomenon of lone-actor grievance-based violence?
Significant Terrorism Events in the News: September 2013
START researchers awarded top honors for applying marketing framework to violent groups
Lone-actors fueled by grievance, personal crises, weapons use
Discussion Point: From the Caucasus to Boston and Beyond
Database Spotlight: Update on Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the US
Discussion Point: Should START Researchers Embrace the Brain?
START Research Brief: Al-Shabaab's use of Twitter
New report: Social media use during disasters
Study shows hate crimes more likely to occur after terrorist attacks
Researcher Spotlight: Michele Gelfand
New data reveals al-Qaida-linked groups among most active terrorist groups in the world
Research Brief: Law Enforcement Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism
Terrorism: A Self-Love Story
CBRN terrorism by non-state actors
New report assesses factors related to violent extremism among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Far-right Violence in the United States: 1990-2010
Temple Gunman Said Military Experience Drove Him To Hate
Masculine honor ideology shapes responses to terrorism
Researcher spotlight: Anthony Lemieux
Leading terrorism expert discusses mobilization of women into terrorist networks
START researcher invited to discuss terrorists' motivations
START Affiliate Releases Report on Al-Awlaki
START Researchers Participate in Session on Psychology of Terrorism
Audio Available from "Why Radicalize?" seminar with Jessica Stern
START responds to White House report on preventing violent extremism
New START Project to Focus on Extremist Violence in U.S. Counties
Summer Course Offerings
Summer 2011 Research Opportunities: CoMET
Exciting Winter Courses Now Offered ONLINE
**START Releases 2010 Update to the Global Terrorism Database**
REPORT RELEASE: ICSR/START Report on Prison Radicalisation to be Launched at New York Summit
Today: START Seminar: Why Radicalize? Follow live on Twitter
START Researchers on Recent Shooting at the Pentagon
**Background Information: Far-Right Attacks on U.S. Law Enforcement **
New START Research Brief: Pathways Towards Radicalization
START Students Awarded Prizes in Poster Contest
Global Terrorism Database Data Files Now Available through Terrorism and Preparedness Data Resource Center
START Expands its Research Brief Series
New Research Briefs Available from START
Applications Now Being Accepted from UMaryland Undergraduates for Terrorism Studies Minor Program
START's Clark McCauley to Serve as Editor of New Journal on Asymmetric Conflict
Summer Opportunities for Undergrads at UMD
START Co-PI Kruglanski receives Regents' Faculty Research Award from University System of Maryland
START Visiting Fellow featured in NY Times Magazine
Elliott Participates in White House Conference on School Safety
Kruglanski Honored by Society of Experimental Social Psychology
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06
White House Science and Technology Director Addresses Need for Innovations to Combat Terrorism
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Aaron Safer-Lichtenstein Former Researcher: Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
Anita atwell Anita Atwell Seate Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Affiliate Assistant Professor, START
University of Maryland
anthony Lemieux Anthony Lemieux Associate Professor of Communication and Lead Researcher of the Transcultural Conflict and Violence Program Georgia State University
McCauley_Clark Clark McCauley Professor of Psychology Bryn Mawr College
person-default Devin Ellis Researcher, ARLIS University of Maryland
elena akers Elena Akers Researcher/Junior Data Collection Manager, START University of Maryland
Gary Ackerman Gary Ackerman Associate Professor, SUNY Albany University at Albany, State University of New York
Jeff Jeff Gruenewald Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas University of Arkansas
Sawyer John John Sawyer Director of Strategic Corporate Research Relationships University of Maryland
Joshua Freilich Joshua Freilich Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
kurt braddock Kurt Braddock Assistant Professor, American University American University
Binder_Markus Markus Binder Project Manager/Researcher, START University of Maryland
Erdemandi Max Erdemandi Ph.D. Student, Communication Science and Social Cognition University of Maryland
person-default Michael Jensen Research Director and Senior Researcher, START University of Maryland
Jacome_Michlle Michelle Jacome Operations Officer on International Finance Cooperation at the World Bank
person-default Peter Simi Associate Professor, Chapman University
Director, Earl Babbie Research Center
Chapman University
Salma_Bouziani Salma Bouziani Project Manager/Researcher, START University of Maryland
Henkin Samuel D. Henkin Geospatial Research Unit (GRU) Researcher, START University of Maryland
Steve Sin Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. Associate Research Scientist & Director, Unconventional Weapons & Technology Division
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, School of International Service, American University
Adjunct Instructor for Forensic Sciences, Oklahoma State University
Chief Academic Officer, Platinum East
University of Maryland
Guarrieri Thomas Guarrieri Director of Undergraduate Studies
Assistant Research Scientist, Unconventional Weapons &
Technology (UWT) Division, START
University of Maryland
Tyler yates Tyler Yates Researcher, Global Terrorism Database (GTD) University of Maryland
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A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs
A Multi-Level Approach to the Study of Violent Extremism
A Pathway Approach to the Study of Bias Crime Offenders
Behavioral Assessments Based on Automated Text Analyses
Border Crossings and Terrorist Attacks in the United States: Lessons for Protecting Against Dangerous Entrants
Bridging Religious Communities and Technology Providers to Counter Narratives of Violent Extremism
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Campus Dialogues
Cell Groups and Individual Radicalization in Indonesia, United Kingdom, and the United States
Community-level Indicators of Radicalization: A Data and Measurement Workshop
Computational Modeling of Grievances and Political Instability Through Global Media
Counter Radicalization of Scientists in CBRN-relevant Technical Fields
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex
Decision Making and Simulation
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+
Developing a Typology of Terrorism Involvement: A Basis for Sentencing, Management, Risk Reduction, Release & Monitoring of Terrorist Offenders
Developing Academic Partnerships and Collaborative Research on Countering Violent Extremism in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
Developing Impact and Effectiveness Assessment Tool for Influence Operations
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah
Effects of Uncertainty on Support for Religious Extremism
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Disengagement and Deradicalization (EAD3)
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR)
European Converts to Islam: An Evolving Threat?
Framing Global Salafi-Jihadist Messages in the West
Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration
Insider Threat for Inbound International Air Cargo
Islamic Radicalization in Europe and North America: Parallels and Divergence
Martyrs without Borders: Iraq's Foreign Fighters and the Third Generation of Global Jihad
Massive Online Open Course: Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat
Measuring Intervention Success in Terrorist Activities
Modeling the Emergence of Leaders in Self-Organizing Social Networks
Opportunities for Public-Private Partnership in Countering Online Extremism and Recruitment
CBAdversary Poisonous Minds: Profiling the CB Adversary Go
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS)
QAnon Crime Maps
Radicalization in the Ranks
Radicalization of Momin Khawaja
Recruitment and Radicalization among US Far-Right Terrorists
Social Media Influencers: Re-domaining Fashion Industry Forecasting to Anticipate Online Extremist Radicalization
Social Network Analysis for Combating Terrorist Networks
Support for Terrorism as a Function of Individualistic and Collectivistic Goals
Terrorism and Targeted Violence in the United States
The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database
Updates to the Big, Allied, and Dangerous (BAAD) Dataset
Using Experimental Research to Study the Dynamics of Radicalization, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism
Validating Models of Adversary Behavior