TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Kidnapping by terrorist groups, 1970-2010: is ideological orientation relevant?
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Forest, James J. F.
SP  - 769
EP  - 797
VL  - 58
IS  - 5
N2  - This article examines whether a terrorist group's ideology has a meaningful impact on its involvement in kidnapping. On a global level, incident data (1970-2010) indicate that in the past decade the number of kidnappings by terrorist groups has increased, while Muslim extremists have replaced left-wing/Marxist revolutionaries as the world's leading kidnappers. However, when we incorporate data about the attributes of terrorist organizations and their operating environments, this analysis indicates that ideology does not play an important role in determining the likelihood of a group's involvement in kidnapping. The article concludes with implications and suggested topics for further study.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128712452962
ID  - ref1
ER  -