Debunking seven terrorism myths using statistics. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andre Python.
• Authors: Python, Andre
• Contents: 1. Introduction: The Role of Statistics in Debunking Terrorism Myths 2. Myth 1: We Know Terrorism When We See It INTRODUCTION: THE NECESSITY TO INTERPRET TERRORISM DATA WITH CAUTION NO CONSENSUS ON THE DEFINITION DISCREPANCIES AMONG DATABASES SIDE EFFECTS OF DISTINGUISHING TARGETS STATE REPRESSION AND NON-STATE TERRORISM: INSIGHT FROM THE DRC POLITICAL AND NON-POLITICAL TERRORISM: LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAKISTAN CONCLUSION: GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE ANALYSIS OF TERRORISM DATA 3. Myth 2: Terrorism only aims at killing civilians INTRODUCTION: A NOTE OF CAUTION ON THE VALIDITY OF THE ANALYSIS OF TERRORISM DATA HALF OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS DO NOT KILL MEASURING AND INTERPRETING TERRORISM CASUALTY IS AFFECTED BY DATA CLASSIFICATION WITNESSING UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF TERRORISM VIOLENCE: A FOCUS ON THE ISLAMIC STATE CONCLUSION: TERRORISM DOES NOT INELUCTABLY EQUATE WITH THE DEATH OF CIVILIANS 4. Myth 3: The vulnerability of the West to terrorism INTRODUCTION: ASIA AND AFRICA IN THE LINE OF FIRE ONE QUARTER OF ALL ATTACKS WORLDWIDE OCCUR IN IRAQ THE MOST TARGETED CITY BY TERRORISM CONCLUSION: THE MOST VULNERABLE REGIONS TO TERRORISM ARE IN ASIA AND AFRICA 5. Myth 4: A homogeneous increase of terrorism over time INTRODUCTION: IDENTIFYING TERRORISM TRENDS BEYOND VISUALIZATION RISE OF TERRORISM IN ASIA AND AFRICA NO TEMPORAL PATTERN IN THE WEST? RISE OF DEADLY CASUALTIES IN ASIA AND AFRICA NO TEMPORAL PATTERN IN TERRORISM DEATHS IN THE AMERICAS AND OCEANIA? HIGH LEVELS OF TERRORISM PERSIST IN VERY FEW COUNTRIES DYNAMICS OF TERROR EVENTS AND DEATH TOLL IN THE WORLD’S MOST TARGETED CITY CONCLUSION: AN UNEVEN TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF TERRORISM ACROSS CONTINENTS, COUNTRIES, AND CITIES 6. Myth 5: Terrorism Occurs Randomly INTRODUCTION: THE DETECTION OF SPATIAL PATTERNS RELIES ON SPATIAL LENSES AND SCALES IS TERRORISM RANDOM? WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION? CHOOSING RELEVANT LENSES TO EXPLORE SPATIAL DATA TOBLER’S LAW APPLIED TO TERRORISM SPATIAL INACCURACY: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN PRACTICE? IN THE BULL’S EYE! NO DICE ROLLING FOR TARGET SELECTION: THE IRAQI EXAMPLE CONCLUSION: TERRORISM IS CLUSTERED AT VARIOUS SPATIAL SCALES 7. Myth 6: Hotspots of Terrorism are Static INTRODUCTION: THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF HOTSPOTS OF TERRORISM CONTAGIOUS AND NON-CONTAGIOUS FACTORS THAT CAUSE THE SPREAD OF TERRORISM TYPE OF TERRORISM DIFFUSION IS ASSOCIATED WITH TACTICAL CHOICE SCALE AND MAGNITUDE OF THE CLUSTERING PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH ISIS ATTACKS PERPETRATED IN IRAQ () LOCALIZING AND QUANTIFYING THE REDUCTION OF ISIS ACTIVITY FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER EXPLAINING AND VISUALIZING DIFFUSION OF ISIS ACTIVITY FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER CONCLUSION: CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT IN TERRORISM 8. Myth 7: Terrorism cannot be predicted PREDICTION OF TERRORISM: A STATISTICAL POINT OF VIEW STOCHASTIC MODELS FOR THE STATISTICAL PREDICTION OF TERRORISM PATTERNS PREDICTING TERRORISM: LIMITATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES AND RESEARCH DIRECTION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SERVE COUNTERTERRORISM? MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS TO PREDICT TERRORISM IN SPACE AND TIME: A CASE STUDY CONCLUSION: PREDICTING TERRORISM IS A PROMISING BUT BUMPY AVENUE OF RESEARCH 9. Terrorism: Knowns, Unknowns, and Uncertainty
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.6250727; Terrorism -- Statistical methods; Terrorism -- Data processing; Quantitative research
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000093728; 9781000093681; 9781000093704; 9781003034230
• Related ISBNs: 9780367472283; 9780367472245
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