Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Terrorist Attacks by ETA 1970 to 2007

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-29

  LaFree, Gary ^a   Dugan, Laura ^a   Xie, Min ^b   Singh, Piyusha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EXCELSIOR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagious and hierarchical diffusion; Control and attrition attacks; Rational choice; Spain; Spatial data analysis; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857237190     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-011-9133-y     Document Type: Article

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