Sequencing Terroists' Precursor Behaviors: A Crime Specific Anlaysis, United States, 1980-2012
Document Type
Data
Publication Date
4-23-2018
Abstract
This study identified the temporal dimensions of terrorists' precursor conduct to determine if these behaviors occurred in a logically sequenced pattern, with a particular focus on the identification of sequenced patterns that varied by group type, group size, and incident type. The study specifically focused on how these pre-incident activities were associated with the successful completion or prevention of terrorist incidents and how they differed between categories of terrorism. Data utilized for this study came from the American Terrorism Study (ATS), a database that includes "officially designated" federal terrorism cases from 1980-October 1, 2016, collected for the National Institute of Justice.
Citation
Smith, Brent. Sequencing Terrorists’ Precursor Behaviors: A Crime Specific Analysis, United States, 1980-2012. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36676.v1