Mitigating Terror and Avoidance Behavior through the Risk Perception Matrix to Augment Resilience

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  Sheppard, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

coercion; risk communication; risk perception; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044806229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15477355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1547-7355.1840     Document Type: Review

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