TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Terrorism: facts from figures
JO  - Defence and peace economics
A1  - Bellany, Ian
SP  - 101
EP  - 112
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1024-2694
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242690601143436
ID  - ref1
ER  -