2008
DOI: 10.1080/10576100801925208
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Terrorist Organization Typologies and the Probability of a Boomerang Effect

Abstract: Since the 1970s, many researchers have proposed typologies to sort the phenomenon of terror into different categories and to divide terror organizations into groups based on various characteristics of their activities. These typologies were designed to facilitate understanding of the phenomenon of terror and of terror organizations' processes, structures and operative methods. They relied on a variety of diagnostic criteria such as: motives for using terror, targets of the attacks, terrorists' demands, organiz… Show more

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“…This is a significant simplification because in practice it may be difficult to respond to terrorist attacks without engendering a backlash that actually promotes recruitment (see e.g. Ganor, 2008;Hanson and Schmidt, 2007). Nevertheless, the advantages of this simplification outweigh the disadvantages: Firstly, it is clear that any model that would consider such an effect would be much more complicated than the current model and consequently much harder to analyze or use.…”
Section: A Mathematical Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is a significant simplification because in practice it may be difficult to respond to terrorist attacks without engendering a backlash that actually promotes recruitment (see e.g. Ganor, 2008;Hanson and Schmidt, 2007). Nevertheless, the advantages of this simplification outweigh the disadvantages: Firstly, it is clear that any model that would consider such an effect would be much more complicated than the current model and consequently much harder to analyze or use.…”
Section: A Mathematical Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In line with assumptions of the rationality of terrorist decision鈥恗aking and the core conditions of motivation and capability in the terrorism equation (Clarke & Newman, 2006; Ganor, 2005, 2008), we propose five hypotheses related to the impact of state repression on target choice and lethality of the terrorism landscape. First, we propose the effects of indiscriminate government repression.…”
Section: Current Studymentioning
confidence: 98%
“…For example, one of the more innovative approaches to typologies in terrorism studies in recent years is that developed by Boaz Ganor, in the shape of a limiting variable typology. 10 Classifying organisations by the variable that limits their activities, the typology delineates groups according to theu level of motivation and operational capability a group has at any given time. Where both these variables exceed the 'terror level threshold', terrorism is considered more likely to occur.…”
Section: Typologies In Terrorism Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%