Terrorism Databases and Resources
Terrorism Databases and Resources
| Project Title | Investigators | Project Period |
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| A Multi-Level Approach to the Study of Violent Extremism | Gary LaFree, Michael Jensen | January, 2018 to December, 2020 |
| 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 September, 2020 |
| Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks | Erin Miller | October, 2017 to August, 2020 |
| A Pathway Approach to the Study of Bias Crime Offenders | Gary LaFree, Michael Jensen | January, 2018 to December, 2019 |
| A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs | Gary LaFree, Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz | January, 2015 to December, 2018 |
| Empirical Assessment of Domestic Disengagement and Deradicalization (EAD3) | Michael Jensen, Peter Simi, Gina Scott Ligon | January, 2015 to December, 2018 |
| Dissuading Adversaries and their Radiological/Nuclear Pathways: Integrating Deterrence Theory and Analytics in the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) | Amy Pate, Brandon Behlendorf, Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer, Steve Sin | October, 2013 to September, 2018 |
| Two to Tango: Government and Terrorist Group Actions in Colombia | Barnett S. Koven | March, 2018 to June, 2018 |
| Resources and Resilience: A Computational Model of Strategic Influence | January, 2018 to June, 2018 | |
| Global Terrorism Database (GTD) | Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan | June, 2001 to June, 2018 |
| Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex | Gary LaFree, Erin Miller | May, 2012 to May, 2018 |
| Modeling Terrorism Onset and Intensity Dynamics Using the GTD | Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, Nina Fefferman | July, 2016 to December, 2017 |
| Profiling the CB Adversary: Motivation, Psychology and Decision | Gary Ackerman | April, 2016 to December, 2017 |
| Unifying Approaches to Adversarial Modeling | H. Brinton Milward, Ronald Breiger | July, 2015 to December, 2017 |
| Patterns of U.S. Extremist Crime | Jeff Gruenewald, Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak, William Parkin | July, 2012 to December, 2017 |
| Social, Behavioral, Cultural, and Economic (SBCE) Impacts on Terrorist Activity | Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan, Erin Miller | July, 2012 to December, 2017 |
| 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 June, 2017 |
| Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) | Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree | January, 2013 to December, 2016 |
| Terrorist and Extremist Organizations (TEO) Database | Jonathan Wilkenfeld, R. Karl Rethemeyer | July, 2012 to December, 2016 |
| Minorities at Risk Related Projects | June, 2005 to December, 2016 | |
| Countering Terrorism in the United States | Erica Chenoweth, Laura Dugan | July, 2012 to December, 2015 |
| Anatomizing the Behavior of Chemical and Biological Non-State Adversaries | Gary Ackerman, Victor Asal | June, 2012 to May, 2014 |
| Massive Online Open Course: Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat | Gary LaFree, William Braniff, Katherine Worboys Izsak | January, 2014 to March, 2014 |
| New Analytical Methods for the Exploitation of Open-Source Structured Databases to Enhance Situational Awareness for Effective Counter-WMD Strategies | Ronald Breiger, Gary Ackerman, Victor Asal, H. Brinton Milward, R. Karl Rethemeyer | March, 2010 to March, 2014 |
| Using Global Terrorism Data to Model Counterterrorism Policies in Sri Lanka | Gary LaFree, Sue-Ming Yang | July, 2010 to December, 2011 |
| United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), 1990-2010 | Joshua Freilich, Roberta Belli, Steven Chermak | June, 2008 to October, 2011 |
| Measuring Intervention Success in Terrorist Activities | Brent Smith | September, 2008 to June, 2010 |
| Predisposing Root Causes of Terrorism | Gary LaFree | June, 2005 to June, 2009 |
| Distinctive Characteristics of Terrorist Groups | Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan | January, 2005 to June, 2009 |
| Dynamics of Terror and Counterterrorism | Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan | January, 2005 to June, 2009 |
| Creation of a Database of U.S. Extremist Crime, 1990-2005 | Joshua Freilich, Steven Chermak | June, 2007 to January, 2009 |
| Shifting Terrorism Trends Across Time and Space | Susan Cutter | June, 2005 |
| Image | Title | Job Title | Institution |
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Aaron Safer-Lichtenstein |
Graduate Assistant, START |
University of Maryland |
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Amy Pate |
Research Director, START |
University of Maryland |
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Barnett S. Koven |
Senior Researcher, START Affiliated Scholar, The Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy at Florida International University |
University of Maryland |
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Benjamin Evans |
Faculty Research Assistant, Global Terrorism Database, START |
University of Maryland |
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Bo Jiang |
Graduate Research Assistant, START |
University of Maryland |
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Brady Woods |
GIS Analyst, START Doctoral Student, Center for Geospatial Information Science (CGIS) |
University of Maryland |
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Brandon Behlendorf |
Assistant Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, SUNY Albany |
University at Albany, State University of New York |
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Brandon Sullivan |
Assistant Professor |
Michigan State University |
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Brian Phillips |
Assistant Professor |
Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico City |
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Brian Wingenroth |
Research Software Architect, START |
University of Maryland |
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Bryan Arva |
Researcher, GTD |
University of Maryland |
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Christian Leuprecht |
Professor |
Royal Military College |
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Cory Davenport |
Research Scientist, SAIC |
n/a |
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Daniella Fridl |
Former Assistant Research Director, START |
University of Maryland |
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David Hofmann |
Assistant Professor of Sociology/Criminology Senior Research Affiliate – The Canadian Network of Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS) |
SUNY Polytechnic Institute |
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Erica Chenoweth |
Associate Professor of International Studies |
University of Denver |
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Erik Dahl |
Associate Professor of National Security Affairs |
Naval Postgraduate School |
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Erin Miller |
GTD Program Manager, START |
University of Maryland |
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Gary LaFree |
Founding Director, START; Chair, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice |
University of Maryland |
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Hamid Mohtadi |
Professor of Economics |
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee |
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Ingrid Schulz |
Faculty Research Assistant |
University of Maryland |
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Jacob Loewner |
Graduate Research Assistant, START |
University of Maryland |
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James A. Piazza |
Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science |
Pennsylvania State University |
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Jeff Gruenewald |
Associate Professor |
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis |
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Jeremy Backstrom |
Faculty Research Assistant, Global Terrorism Database |
University of Maryland |
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John Sawyer |
Commercialization Director, START |
University of Maryland |
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Joseph Oudin |
Senior Faculty Specialist, Global Terrorism Database, START |
University of Maryland |
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Joseph Young |
Associate Professor of Public Affairs |
American University |
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Kathleen Deloughery |
Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy |
University at Albany, State University of New York |
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Kieran Quinlan |
Data Scientist & Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton |
None |
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Laura Dugan |
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice |
University of Maryland |
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Lyubov Mincheva |
Executive Director, Graduate Program in International Relations and Security Studies |
University of Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Marcus A. Boyd |
Senior Researcher, GIS, START |
University of Maryland |
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Michael Distler |
Senior Researcher, START |
University of Maryland |
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Michael Jensen |
Senior Researcher, START |
University of Maryland |
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Nil Satana |
Visiting Associate Professor |
University of Maryland |
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Omi Hodwitz |
Assistant Professor |
University of Idaho |
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Patrick James |
Project Manager/Researcher, START |
University of Maryland |
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Prabhakar Misra |
Professor of Physics |
Howard University |
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R. Karl Rethemeyer |
Associate Professor of Public Administration & Policy |
University at Albany, State University of New York |
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Roberta Belli |
Security Information Analyst, United Nations Department of Safety and Security |
United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) |
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Ronald Breiger |
Professor of Sociology |
University of Arizona |
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Sarah Spalding |
Researcher/Analyst, START |
University of Maryland |
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Thomas Guarrieri |
Senior Researcher, Unconventional Weapons & Technology (UWT) Division, START |
University of Maryland |
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Victor Asal |
Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Public Administration |
University at Albany, State University of New York |
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William Kammerer |
Senior Faculty Specialist, START |
University of Maryland |
| Image | Abbreviation | Title | Direct Link |
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GTD | Global Terrorism Database (GTD) | Go |
| Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) |
