@article{ref1,
title="V for vendetta: government mass killing and domestic terrorism",
journal="Studies in conflict and terrorism",
year="2017",
author="Avdan, Nazli and Uzonyi, Gary",
volume="40",
number="11",
pages="934-965",
abstract="Scholarship explores the impact of human rights abuse and state repression on terrorism. Heretofore, scholarship has ignored the impact of government-sponsored killings on domestic terrorism. This article proposes that mass killings create a focal point for terrorist mobilization. The vendetta agenda fuels violence by animating retributory violence. Additionally, mass atrocities create a permissive environment for violent nonstate activity. A spiral of violence ensues whereby groups resort to terrorism. Utilizing data from the Global Terrorism Database, 1971-2011, the study shows that mass killings significantly increase domestic terrorism. It contributes to emerging scholarship examining how state policies influence terrorist activity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1057-610X",
doi="10.1080/1057610X.2016.1250553",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1250553"
}