RT Article
T1 Assessing the effectiveness of high‐profile targeted killings in the “war on terror”: a quasi‐experiment
JF Criminology & public policy
VO 16
IS 1
SP 191
OP 220
A1 Carson, Jennifer Varriale
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1583851968
AB Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the ensuing “war on terrorism,” the U.S. government has engaged in a series of controversial counterterrorism policies. Perhaps none is more so than the use of targeted killings aimed at eliminating the senior leadership of the global jihadist movement. Nevertheless, prior research has yet to establish that this type of tactic is effective, even among high‐profile targets. Employing a robust methodology, I find that these types of killings primarily yielded negligible effects.
K1 War on terrorism
K1 Targeted killings
K1 War on terror
K1 Gezielte Tötungen
K1 Counterterrorism
K1 Policy
DO 10.1111/1745-9133.12274