Simulating spatio-temporal patterns of terrorism incidents on the Indochina Peninsula with GIS and the random forest method

M Hao, D Jiang, F Ding, J Fu, S Chen - ISPRS International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, various types of terrorist attacks have occurred which have caused
worldwide catastrophes. The ability to proactively detect and even predict a potential terrorist …

An empirical examination on the severity of lone-actor terrorist attacks

ND Turner, SM Chermak, JD Freilich - Crime & Delinquency, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Lone-actor terrorists have increasingly attracted the attention of researchers, policymakers,
and practitioners alike. Despite this enhanced interest, few studies have compared the …

Near-repeat terrorism: Identifying and analyzing the spatiotemporal attack patterns of major terrorist organizations

K Hunt, B Behlendorf, S Wang, S Mukherjee… - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
For many decades, the contagion of terrorism has presented a huge risk to our global
society. To this end, previous research has found that single terrorist attacks can elevate the …

A review of the landscape: challenges and gaps in trauma response to civilian high threat mass casualty incidents

DW Callaway - Journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The ultimate goal of the emergency response and trauma system is to reduce potentially
preventable death from trauma. Tremendous advances in trauma care emerged from the …

Microcycles of terrorist violence in Turkey: a spatio-temporal analysis of the PKK attacks

H Duru, I Onat, K Akyuz, H Akbas - Asian Journal of Criminology, 2021 - Springer
Geography and time are the two constraints on illegal acts. The extant research on terrorism
suggests that terrorists make an expected cost-benefit analysis, and thus make bounded …

Countering Boko Haram's violence: A deterrence–backlash perspective

A Dulin, J Patino - Armed Forces & Society, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines efforts to counter Boko Haram's campaign of terrorism in Northern
Nigeria from a deterrence–backlash perspective. Drawing from previous research, the …

Global characteristics of chemical, biological, and radiological poison use in terrorist attacks

B Aydin - Prehospital and disaster medicine, 2020 - cambridge.org
Background: Chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) terrorism continues to be a global
threat. Studies examining global and historical toxicological characteristics of CBR terrorism …

On Radicalisation

M Sageman - State, Society and National Security: Challenges and …, 2016 - World Scientific
It is an honour to write a paper for the 10th anniversary of the Centre of Excellence for
National Security and I wish to thank the centre for its kind hospitality during my time there …

The interplay between frugal science and chemical and biological weapons: Investigating the proliferation risks of technology intended for humanitarian, disaster …

M Tennenbaum, ME Kosal - Proliferation of Weapons-and Dual-Use …, 2021 - Springer
The attempt to create cheap, easy-to-use scientific equipment made for anyone, anywhere
has made significant progress in the last decade in what innovators call frugal science. The …

[HTML][HTML] The next nine minutes: lessons learned from the large-scale active shooter training prior to the STEM school shooting

A Lenz, MPS Ryan Shelton, R Ryznar, K Lavell… - American journal of …, 2020 - wmpllc.org
Objective: As the incidence of active shooters increase, local emergency response has also
changed. South Metro Fire Rescue coordinated a series of hyper-realistic active shooter …