RT Article
T1 Dynamic Patterns of Terrorist Networks: Efficiency and Security in the Evolution of Eleven Islamic Extremist Attack Networks
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 36
IS 3
SP 559
OP 581
A1 McMillan, Cassie
A2 Felmlee, Diane H.
A2 Braines, Dave
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1738428028
AB The current research examines how the efficiency/security tradeoff shapes the evolution of dynamic terrorist networks by focusing on the structural properties of these collectives. Some scholars argue that terrorist groups develop as chain-like, decentralized structures, while others maintain that terrorist networks form patterns of redundant ties and organize around a few highly connected individuals, or central hubs. We investigate these structural properties and consider whether patterns vary at different phases of a terrorist network’s formation.
K1 Security
K1 Efficiency
K1 Central hubs
K1 Transitivity
K1 Dynamic networks
K1 Terrorist networks
DO 10.1007/s10940-019-09426-9