Library Guides: Terrorism: Data and Statistics

Freely Accessible Data

Global Terrorism Database
"The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2015 (with annual updates planned for the future). Unlike many other event databases, the GTD includes systematic data on domestic as well as international terrorist incidents..."
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From the University of Maryland.
Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR)
Has several sets of interest including:
-- Major Episodes of Political Violence, 1946-2015
-- High Casualty Terrorist Bombings, 1989-2016
Political Instability Task Force Worldwide Atrocities Dataset
"a global dataset that describes, in quantitative terms, the deliberate killing of non-combatant civilians in the context of a wider political conflict." 1995-2016.
RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents
Includes incident data for 1968-2009
Suicide Attack Database
From the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST). Covers data from 11/1982 - 09/2018
Uppsala Conflict Data Program
A wide range of data on violence and peacemaking. From Uppsala University, Sweden. Click on the download icon on the left.

Data available to Penn State faculty and students

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window
A large archive of data used by social scientist. Includes numerous data sets on terrorism and armed conflicts. Penn State users must register to download the data.
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is a membership-based, non-profit data archive located at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. It serves member colleges and universities in the United States and abroad by providing: Access to the world's largest archive of computerized social science data, Training facilities for the study of quantitative social analysis techniques, Resources for social scientists using advanced computer technologies. PSU users get access to ICPSR by creating an individual account using their PSU e-mail ID. This is what identifies them as a PSU affiliate. We do not have IP access. Go to: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/index.jsp - See login at top left. Note: occasionally you will need to login using a computer on campus to validate that you are still a PSU affiliate.

Cross-national time-series data archive
Includes a Domestic Conflict Event Data set updated to 2015. Includes: Assassinations,General Strikes, Guerrilla Warfare, Major Government Crises,Purges, Riots, Revolutions, Anti-government Demonstrations

Public Opinion Data

Polling data can measure the level of concern for terrorism. Data is available for both foreign countries and the U.S. Links with the open lock are freely available to anyone.

World Values Survey
Recent surveys have questions on concern for terrorism around the world
Gallup surveys on Terrorism
A range of reports from Gallup on U.S. attitudes to terrorism including toward specific incidents.

Roper iPoll This link opens in a new window
allows you to search for polling questions across time and polling organizations
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion back to the 1930s. A comprehensive source for US nationwide public opinion data from academic, commercial, and media survey organizations.

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