The softest of targets: A study on terrorist target selection

Journal of Applied Security Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-278

  Asal, Victor H ^a   Rethemeyer, R Karl ^a   Anderson, Ian ^a   Stein, Allyson ^a   Rizzo, Jeffrey ^a   Rozea, Matthew ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBANY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology; Quantitative modeling; Social networks; Targeting; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349091555     PISSN: 19361610     EISSN: 19361629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361610902929990     Document Type: Article

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