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  • Mock terrorists decisions' concerning use of the internet for target selection: a red-team approach

    Author(s)
    Romyn, David J
    Kebbell, Mark R
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kebbell, Mark R.
    Year published
    2018
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    Abstract
    In this study we sought to identify which locations appear more, or less, attractive to a terrorist in planning an attack and to investigate what attributes of those locations influence preferences. A sample of undergraduate university students (N = 147) were given the role of terrorists, and provided with five potential attack locations, including a pedestrian mall, a shopping center, a train station, a university and an airport. After using the Internet to learn about the target locations, participants placed the locations in rank-order from most to least preferred as targets and indicated why they had selected those ...
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    In this study we sought to identify which locations appear more, or less, attractive to a terrorist in planning an attack and to investigate what attributes of those locations influence preferences. A sample of undergraduate university students (N = 147) were given the role of terrorists, and provided with five potential attack locations, including a pedestrian mall, a shopping center, a train station, a university and an airport. After using the Internet to learn about the target locations, participants placed the locations in rank-order from most to least preferred as targets and indicated why they had selected those targets. Results showed both a clear rank-order of target preferences: locations perceived as being more crowded were more preferred, while locations with a greater security presence were less preferred. Results also demonstrated a moderate positive correlation between the amount of online information viewed for a specific location and the preference for that location as a terrorist target, where participants who viewed more online content for a particular location were more likely to also prefer that location as a terrorist target. Findings from this study can potentially be used to reduce the likelihood of a terrorist attack occurring on specific locations, by altering the publicly available information on that location regarding the security and how crowded that location is.
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    Journal Title
    Psychology, Crime and Law
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2017.1396332
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    This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
    Subject
    Criminology
    Cognitive and computational psychology
    Psychology
    Other psychology not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/373626
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