The London public transport suicide bombings, which occurred on 7th July 2005, were described as the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil to date. Past acts of terrorism have been associated with deterioration in population mental health. They may also negatively impact levels of social capital, which is considered a buffer against poor mental health outcomes. By employing panel data...

Abstract There is growing academic interest in examining how terrorist attacks shape the majority’s attitudes towards minority groups. Yet, little known of these groups react to backlash such events provoke. This paper leverages exogenous occurrence a series during fieldwork period two surveys estimate affect sentiment both citizens and asylum seekers Germany. Results natural experiment reveal ...

that war is politics by other means is a reminder that the primary goal of the war against terror is not to defeat and eliminate those who aim to attack the United States and its allies. Rather it is to enhance the security of the American people and their allies. These goals are the same only if terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda are isolated groups of criminals that need only be found a...

BACKGROUND Norway experienced two terror attacks on July 22, 2011. A car bomb exploded in the Oslo government district killing eight people. Shortly after, 69 adolescents gathered at a political youth camp were shot and killed at Utøya Island. First responders were exposed to multiple risk factors for the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). METHODS This cross-sectional study ...

Using panel data for a maximum of 109 countries over the years 1976-2000, we empirically analyze the impact of decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Taking account of the potential simultaneity between terror and decentralization, our results show that expenditure decentralization robustly reduces the number of terror events in a country, while political decentralization h...

Abstract Security forces are one of the main targets political violence. This paper examines effect their casualties on electoral outcomes. Between two general elections in 2015, Turkey experienced a series attacks that killed 153 members its security forces. Based as-if random assignment funerals across country, I estimate government vote share increases funeral places force terror victims. Ho...

Since the turn of last century, nationalistic political parties have been gaining support in Europe. Over same period, terror attacks increased. Using data from European Social Surveys (ESS), we examine effects involving at least one fatality on attitudes towards immigrants and government institutions. Comparing within-country responses to ESS shortly before after fatal attacks, find little evi...

Agendas • Analysis of terrorists' decision making cycle during the Mumbai terrorist attack Situation Awareness (SA) Theory Role of situational information • Analysis of Twitter postings of the Mumbai terror incident. • Challenging issue of information control in social networking website during the terrorist attack Attack mounted by 10 Pakistani terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) group 173...

Using a quasi-experimental research design, this study examines the effect of terrorist events on the perception of immigrants across 65 regions from nine European countries. I first elaborate a theoretical argument that explains the effect of events and points at economic conditions, the immigrant population’s size, and personal contact as mediating factors. To evaluate this argument, I use th...

Tests of the minority threat theoretical perspective have established that the common association made between crime and Black and Hispanic males is manifested, to some degree, in harsh approaches to crime control. Particularly since 9/11, a close association is also being made by the public between terrorism and those perceived to be of Arab or Muslim descent—a phenomenon coinciding with the i...