Does terrorism work? We studied 90 groups to get the answer
The famous Christmas Market in Strasbourg, France, became the latest place to be struck by terrorists.
Political science
Dec 19, 2018
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Fear of disloyalty drives bias against bicultural immigrants
Members of a majority group tend to hold negative views of minority-group individuals who claim more than one identity, according to new Yale-led research. The negative bias is driven by fear that dual-identity individuals ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2018
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Study provides fuller picture of the human cost from terrorist attacks
Terrorist attacks injure far more people than they kill, leaving victims with lost limbs, hearing loss, respiratory disease, depression and other issues. But little research has measured the impact of that damage beyond the ...
Social Sciences
Oct 11, 2018
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US students turn grief into tech startup after France attack
California college student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice when a man plowed a huge truck through the crowd, killing 86 people and wounding ...
Other
Aug 11, 2018
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Perceived race of victims, location determine concern in terrorist attack
In response to an international terrorist attack, the public's level of concern has to do with the locations of the attacks and the perceived identities of the victims, according to a new study by two University of Kansas ...
Social Sciences
Jun 28, 2018
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Software better at tackling IS propaganda, Facebook says
Facebook on Monday said new detection tools wielded by its counterterrorism team are quickly detecting and removing extremist propaganda for the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda.
Internet
Apr 24, 2018
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Drug trafficking can support terrorist activity, but not in ways most believe
Drug trafficking does help facilitate terrorist activity, but it is more often linked to local militant groups instead of well-known international terrorist organizations, according to a new study that includes a University ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2018
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Researchers call on science fiction to understand extremist psychology
Deakin University researchers have used science fiction to understand terrorist propaganda techniques in an innovative study.
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2018
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New software can pinpoint hate groups' radicalization sites
A fascinating trait of mass murderers and terrorists is that they often leave a lengthy manifesto detailing the impetus for their actions.
Software
Nov 15, 2017
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There is almost no research on what distinguishes potential terrorists, study finds
A recent analysis of the existing research on factors associated with an individual's risk for engaging in terrorist activity highlights how little we know about these factors and the need for additional research in this ...
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2017
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