Research Needs for Counter-Terrorism Policy (Organized by Division of Terrorism and Bias Crime)

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

In 2015, the American Society of Criminology launched a Division on Terrorism and Bias Crimes, reflecting the considerable importance, concern, and controversy that terrorism and bias crimes have raised among criminologists and other scholars over the past 15 years. For the 2016 ASC meeting, the Division is assembling a special panel focusing on the needs for empirically based research on terrorism, drawing on the expertise of five of the most knowledgeable authorities on the subject. These scholars have organized their thoughts on some of the most salient issues in terrorism, focusing on the empirical aspects of the problem and the needs for data and analysis to support our understanding of terrorism and what to do about it.

Sub Unit

• Area II: Division “Highlighted” Sessions

Individual Presentations

• Evidence-based Research on Terrorism - Mia Bloom, Georgia State University; Charlie Winter, Georgia State University

• How Common is the Contagious Diffusion of Terrorism? Implications for Policy - Gary LaFree, University of Maryland; Min Xie, University of Maryland; Aila Matanock, University of California, Berkeley

• If a Tree Falls ... Translating Good Research into Effective Counter-Terrorism Policy - John Horgan, Georgia State University

Chair

• Brian Forst, American University

Discussant

• Jessica Stern, Boston University