An Evaluation of Interpol’s Cooperative-Based Counterterrorism Linkages

Sandler, Todd; Arce, Daniel G.; Enders, Walter

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“…(http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/usinggtd/) From 1998 onwards two of the following three criteria had to be fulfilled to be counted as an act of terror: (a) The violent act was aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal; (b) The violent act included evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some other message to a larger audience (or audiences) other than the immediate victims; and (c) The violent act was outside the precepts of International Humanitarian Law. 7 Enders et al (2011) analytically separate the terror events reported in the GTD into domestic and transnational terror events. 8 The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base defines terrorism as "violence, or the threat of violence, calculated to create an atmosphere of fear and alarm."…”

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Lock, stock, and barrel: a comprehensive assessment of the determinants of terror

2011

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. We assess the robustness of previous findings on the determinants of terrorism. Using extreme bound analysis, the three most comprehensive terrorism datasets, and focusing on the three most commonly analyzed aspects of terrorist activity, i.e., location, victim, and perpetrator, we re-assess the effect of 65 proposed correlates. Evaluating around 13.4 million regressions, we find 18 variables to be robustly associated with the number of incidents occurring in a given country-year, 15 variables with attacks against citizens from a particular country in a given year, and six variables with attacks perpetrated by citizens of a particular country in a given year. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor mayJEL-Code: D740, F510, F520, H560, K420.

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Lock, stock, and barrel: a comprehensive assessment of the determinants of terror

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“…Sandler et al (2009) assess the cost-effectiveness of various policies associated with combating transnational terrorism. In addition, Sandler et al (2011) expand upon their own work and use cost-benefit analysis to evaluate specifically the cost-effectiveness of spending on Interpol counterterrorism measures. Their estimates show that each dollar spent on Interpol counterterrorism assets provides, on average, a payback of between $40 and $200 -a very high return for the amount of money spent.…”

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“…Wallsten and Kosec, 2005, Davis et al, 2006, Stiglitz and Bilmes, 2008, Berman et al, 2011 and policies to combat transnational terrorism (Sandler et al, 2009, Sandler et al, 2011.…”

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The Cost-Effectiveness of Armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for Overseas Us Army Operations

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2013

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This study uses for official use only data on US military operations to evaluate the large-scale Army policies to replace relatively light Type 1 tactical wheeled vehicles (TWVs) with more heavily protected Type 2 variants and later to replace Type 2s with more heavily protected Type 3s. We find that Type 2 TWVs reduced fatalities at $1.1 million-$24.6 million per life saved for infantry units, with our preferred cost estimates falling below the $7.5 million cost-effectiveness threshold, and did not reduce fatalities for administrative and support units. We find that replacing Type 2 with Type 3 TWVs did not appreciably reduce fatalities and was not cost-effective.

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“…Such linkages yield network externalities whose benefits increase with the number of linked nations. In a recent article, Sandler et al (2011) showed that INTERPOL returned a huge payback to member countries that used its communication linkages to arrest suspected terrorists. Based on 12 counterfactual scenarios, these authors estimated that each The primary purpose of this article is to determine the key factors behind why some countries adopted MIND/FIND and others did not.…”

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Who adopts MIND/FIND in INTERPOL’s fight against international crime and terrorism?

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2011

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This article determines the key factors inducing INTERPOL countries to institute MIND/FIND, a technology which facilitates systematic searches of people, motor vehicles, and documents at international transit points. This integrated solution assists countries in curbing international crime and terrorism. Based on discrete-choice models, the analysis identifies income per capita, population, democratic freedoms, and anticipated searches for suspects as the key determinants of whether INTERPOL countries install MIND/FIND. Ethnic diversity, international arrivals, cost proxies, and arrests prior to adoption are not important considerations in decisions to install MIND/FIND. External financial support is an essential factor identifying likely non-adopters who installed MIND/FIND.

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An Evaluation of Interpol’s Cooperative-Based Counterterrorism Linkages

Cited by 46 publications

References 13 publications

Lock, stock, and barrel: a comprehensive assessment of the determinants of terror

Lock, stock, and barrel: a comprehensive assessment of the determinants of terror

The Cost-Effectiveness of Armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for Overseas Us Army Operations

Who adopts MIND/FIND in INTERPOL’s fight against international crime and terrorism?

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