Does foreign aid build peace? The answer is of paramount importance for policy makers
and practitioners, given that the world's poor are growing increasingly concentrated in …

Social science research on terrorism has grown rapidly in recent years, aided by social and
legal studies. In this review, we examine research on the causes of terrorism and the …

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the different aspects of deradicalization
theories, programs and methods. It analyzes the practical and theoretical aspects of …

Although research on terrorism has grown rapidly in recent years, few scholars have applied
criminological theories to the analysis of individual‐level political extremism. Instead …

Compared to most types of criminal violence, terrorism poses special data collection
challenges. In response, there has been growing interest in open source terrorist event data …

Drawing on general strain theory and the terrorism research, this chapter argues that
terrorism is more likely when individuals experience “collective strains” that are a) high in …

Given that the war on terror is currently being fought the way crime typically is—after the fact—
this country cannot protect its citizens from future terrorist events solely in this way. Instead …

Why is terrorist activity more prevalent in democracies than in nondemocracies? I argue that
the main motivation for terrorist attacks in democracies is intergroup dynamics, with terrorist …

Rational choice approaches to reducing terrorist violence would suggest raising the costs of
terrorism through punishment, thereby reducing the overall expected utility of terrorism. In …

I attempt to identify the central conceptual and methodological challenges that must be
overcome if the risk assessment of terrorism is to make the same progress that in recent …