Predicting Suicide Attacks : Integrating Spatial, Temporal, and Social Features of Terrorist Attack Targets
Predicting Suicide Attacks : Integrating Spatial, Temporal, and Social Features of Terrorist Attack Targets
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Author(s): Berrebi, Claude
Brown, Ryan Andrew
Hollywood, John
Perry, Walter L.
ISBN No.: 9780833078001
Pages: 112
Year: 201304
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 28.51
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

As part of an exploration of ways to predict what determines the targets of suicide attacks, RAND conducted a proof-of-principle analysis of whether adding sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors would enhance the predictive ability of a methodology that focused on geospatial features. This test case focused on terrorist bombing incidents in Israel, but the findings indicate that the methodology merits further exploration.


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