Integration of Social Sciences in Terrorism Modelling: Issues, Problems and Recommendations

Abstract

This report identifies and discusses issues and problems related to the integration of social scientific knowledge in terrorism modelling. It analyses the state of the art in the area of modelling the origins and causes of terrorism and other forms of political violence; terrorists behaviour; the structure of terrorist organisations and networks; terrorism threat; and influence strategies and actions directed towards terrorism threat anticipation and minimisation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA466574

Entities

People

  • L. Resnyansky

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Counterterrorism
  • Education
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Linguistics
  • Man Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Societies
  • Sociology
  • Terrorists
  • Warfare

Readers

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