@article{ref1,
title="Terrorism: facts from figures",
journal="Defence and peace economics",
year="2007",
author="Bellany, Ian",
volume="18",
number="2",
pages="101-112",
abstract="If international terrorism is on a rising trend, an important source of confirmation or refutation of this is time-series data on terrorist activity. Using chiefly data collected by the RAND/MIPT consortium we show using basic statistical analysis that in the period 1968-2005 the yearly number of all international terrorist incidents shows no trend over time, but fluctuates year on year in a random manner. On the other hand some indicators do show a definite trend over time, principally the steady rise in the number of incidents that are death-dealing in nature. A further conclusion is drawn, showing that the proportion of these incidents leading to deaths above a given level is virtually fixed.<p />",
language="",
issn="1024-2694",
doi="10.1080/10242690601143436",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242690601143436"
}