Inventory and Assessment of Databases Relevant for Social Science Research on Terrorism
Abstract
This report provides a description and assessment of Internet-accessible databases relevant for social science research on terrorism. The body of this report details those web sites that provide actual data (e.g., names of terrorist organizations and incidents of terrorist activity); several have search capabilities. These web sites are maintained primarily by U.S. Government agencies, non-U.S. research centers, and international organizations. An appendix to this report provides an extensive list of additional resources that provide commentary and analysis of terrorism events and trends. These resources are derived from the U.S. Government, libraries, international agencies, government and private non-U.S. agencies and institutes, and academic-based domestic organizations. No one definition of terrorism can be applied to all the databases referenced herein. In instances in which a specific database has adopted a definition of terrorism, the report so notes. This report indicates the focus of each database, including whether or not it is restricted to a particular region of the world, but it is not the role of the authors to present any bias that may be reflected in the selection of data. The Table of Contents reads as follows: U.S. State Department Counterterrorism Office; U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control; The New Consolidated List of Individuals and Entities Belonging to or Associated with the Taliban and Al-Qaida Organisation as Established and Maintained by the 1267 Committee; Center for Defence and International Security Studies Terrorism Programme (England); International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (Israel); South Asia Terrorism Portal; Federation of American Scientists Intelligence Resource Program List of Liberation Movements, Terrorist Organizations, Substance Cartels, and other Para-State Entities; and the Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA439816
Entities
People
- Alice R. Buchalter
- Glenn E. Curtis
Organizations
- Library of Congress