On Recidivism: A Commentary on Altier, Boyle, and Horgan
Altier, Boyle, and Horgan claim a 64.6 percent terrorist recidivism rate. However, the unrepresentativeness of their sample, a confusion between the notions of a recidivism base rate and the percentage of recidivists in a sample, and a questionable concept of a global terrorist population undermine...
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Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2021
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Terrorism and political violence
Año: 2021, Volumen: 33, Número: 4, Páginas: 861-867 |
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Sumario: | Altier, Boyle, and Horgan claim a 64.6 percent terrorist recidivism rate. However, the unrepresentativeness of their sample, a confusion between the notions of a recidivism base rate and the percentage of recidivists in a sample, and a questionable concept of a global terrorist population undermine their claim. |
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ISSN: | 1556-1836 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09546553.2021.1920239 |