Subject Guides: Terrorism: Downloadable Data on Terrorism

Downloadable Data

Database on Suicide Attacks 1982-2019 (DSAT)
Database on Suicide Attacks (DSAT) contains specific information for all suicide attacks committed in modern history, from 1982 through 2019. Event records in the DSAT are highly detailed and coded for over 60 variables (not including source information). Created and maintained by CPOST - University of Chicago Project on Security & Threats.
Government Data
Search by subject for government-produced downloadable data. Example: National Transportation Safety Board "Air Carrier Occurrences Involving Illegal Acts (Sabotage, Suicide, or Terrorism), 1995 through 2014"
START
START seeks to collect and disseminate valuable datasets so that academics, analysts, and practitioners can take these objective baselines as their starting point for future analysis and decision-making. START also produces interactive knowledge tools to help visualize data, integrate data and organize data for greater utility. Data files for publicly available databases can be downloaded directly from our website or from START’s Dataverse page, and knowledge tools can be accessed through the START website as well.
Global Terrorism Database (Univ. of Maryland)
The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2020

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Science Research This link opens in a new window
This resource includes both publicly available and non-publicly available datasets on public policy and social science research.
**Access to datasets requires a free user-specific login.
To create or log into your ICPSR account, click on the 'Log In' button found in the upper right corner of most ICPSR pages.**
Additional information, particularly about off-campus access, is available in the library's Accessing ICPSR datasets at AU Subject Guide.
ITERATE (International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events) This link opens in a new window
Consists of Microsoft Excel files (base and supplemental annual files), plus a codebook and group list in Microsoft Word or Word Perfect formats. The ITERATE project is an attempt to quantify data on the characteristics of transnational terrorist groups, their activities which have international impact, and the environment in which they operate. Excel, Microsoft Word and/or Word Perfect required.
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Data on terrorist suspects (DOTS) This link opens in a new window
An alphabetical arrangement of individuals who have appeared in ITERATE and Edward Mickolus' previous chronologies of international terrorism; includes individuals who have been named in open sources as somehow involved in terrorist attacks or organizations. This list does not purport to be globally comprehensive - it is limited solely to international incidents or other incidents of sufficient import to be included in previous chronologies.
** Items in this collection are labeled 'under embargo' and can be accessed when connected to the secure campus network (includes AU VPN). **