Citation

Gil-Alana LA, Barros CP. Confl. Manage. Peace Sci. 2010; 27(1): 28-46.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0738894209352130

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article analyses the effectiveness of anti-terrorism policies implemented by the Spanish government to counteract ETA terrorist attacks. The aim is to investigate what the best policy is for counteracting terrorist groups: proactive political/ retaliatory deterrence policies or reactive political/retaliatory deterrence policies. Counting models are used and the results show that proactive political policies are the most effective.