RT Article
T1 Crime pays: terrorist group engagement in crime and survival
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 32
IS 4
SP 701
OP 723
A1 Piazza, James A.
A1 Piazza, Scott
A2 Piazza, Scott
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1832023540
AB What impact does engagement in crime have on terrorist group survival? In theory criminal activity may decrease group survival by damaging group legitimacy or prompting government crackdowns. Conversely, crime might boost group survival by facilitating access to revenues or by further taxing state policing capacity. Moreover, different types of crime might have different effects. We investigate the impact of crime on terrorist group survival using cross-sectional data on 578 terrorist groups observed between 1970 and 2007. We find that engagement in crime reduces a group’s chance of demise by around 50% and extends its lifespan by around 7 years on average. Terrorist groups involved in narcotics are less likely to end by police or military force, but are also less likely to win political concessions. We find that groups involved in extortion live the longest and are also less likely to end by force or by splintering.
NO Gesehen am 24.01.2023
NO Published online: 29 Nov 2017
K1 Crime
K1 Extortion
K1 hazard analysis
K1 Narcotics
K1 Survival Analysis
K1 terror-crime nexus
K1 Terrorism
DO 10.1080/09546553.2017.1397515