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Web Links
Chapter 12 – Target Selection
Alex Braithwaite and Ian Orringer
https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) which is discussed in-depth in Chapter 7 is the obvious place to start in getting an overview of trends in targeting.
https://crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/terrorist-decision-making/Here is a useful overview of research findings on terrorist decision making by Professor Paul Gill.
https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/victims/gis/index.htmlThe Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) website offers a useful geospatial mapping of the victims of the Northern Irish Troubles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga6_v_fu86cThis presentation by Dr Tim Wilson provides a broad overview historical discussion of how forms of political violence have changed over time (and become more random and less discriminate in their targeting).