Researching Terrorism

Researching Terrorism

Please respond to the following discussion topic. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length. Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students’ posts.

Go to at least one of the following sites:

1. The University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database at www.start.umd.edu/gtd/
2. The Rand Institute’s Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents at http://smapp.rand.org/rwtid/search_form.php
3. The University of Chicago’s Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism at http://cpost.uchicago.edu/

Explore some of the site’s features. What kinds of data or tools there do you think you would find interesting for your own research?