Case characteristics of threats toward state government targets investigated by a Midwestern State

Journal of Threat Assessment

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 41-60

  Baumgartner, Jerome V ^a   Scalora, Mario J ^a   Plank, Sgt Gary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Nebraska State Patrol C   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach; Descriptive data; Non approach; State government; Threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444257818     PISSN: 15332608     EISSN: 15332616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J177v01n03_02     Document Type: Article

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