What are the psychological consequences of playing the role of victim in terrorist attack exercise?

Ozguler, Anna; Gauthier, Karine; Titreville, Rudy; Groizard, Charles; Baer, Michel; Fleischel, Catherine; Grohens, Marc; Loeb, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.036

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“…To reduce casualties and build effective evacuation strategies, it is necessary to study the attack characteristics of mobs and the panic evacuation mechanism under attack. Due to the concealment of attack and the accessibility of tools, close-range attacks using cold weapons (such as knives) have been a common way to create overwhelming fear (Ozguler et al, 2021;van der Wal et al, 2021). Compared with attack events by guns or explosives, close-range attacks often occur in China and some other countries with strict management of guns and ammunition (Lu et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2019).…”

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Modelling and simulation of crowd evacuation in terrorist attacks

Song

Liu²,

Li³

et al. 2022

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PurposeIn recent years, terrorist attacks have gradually become one of the important factors endangering social security. In this context, this research aims to propose methods and principles which can be utilized to make effective evacuation plans to reduce casualties in terrorist attacks.Design/methodology/approachBy analyzing the statistical data of terrorist attack videos, this paper proposes an extended cellular automaton (CA) model and simulates the panic evacuation of the pedestrians in the terrorist attack.FindingsThe main findings are as follows. (1) The panic movement of pedestrians leads to the dispersal of the crowd and the increase in evacuation time. (2) Most deaths occur in the early stage of crowd evacuation while pedestrians gather without perceiving the risk. (3) There is a trade-off between escaping from the room and avoidance of attackers for pedestrians. Appropriate panic contagion enables pedestrians to respond more quickly to risks. (4) Casualties are mainly concentrated in complex terrains, e.g. walls, corners, obstacles, exits, etc. (5) The initial position of the attackers has a significant effect on the crowd evacuation. The evacuation efficiency should be reduced if the attacker starts the attack from the exit or corners.Originality/valueIn this research, the concept of “focus region” is proposed to depict the different reactions of pedestrians to danger and the effects of the attacker’s motion (especially the attack strategies of attackers) are classified. Additionally, the influences on pedestrians by direct and indirect panic sources are studied.

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“…Due to the concealment of attack and the accessibility of tools, close-range attacks using cold weapons (such as knives) have been a common way to create overwhelming fear (Ozguler et al. , 2021; van der Wal et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

Modelling and simulation of crowd evacuation in terrorist attacks

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Liu²,

Li³

et al. 2022

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What are the psychological consequences of playing the role of victim in terrorist attack exercise?

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Modelling and simulation of crowd evacuation in terrorist attacks

Modelling and simulation of crowd evacuation in terrorist attacks

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