 The Effectiveness of Counter‐Terrorism StrategiesCynthia Lum, Leslie W. Kennedy and Alison J. Sherley Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2006, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-50 Abstract: The objective of this Campbell systematic review is to determine the effectiveness of counter‐terrorism strategies from the available social scientific research literature using systematic review methods. From over 20,000 studies we located on terrorism, we found only seven which contained moderately rigorous evaluations of counterterrorism programs. We conclude that there is little scientific knowledge about the effectiveness of most counter‐terrorism interventions. Further, from the evidence we were able to locate, it appears that some evaluated interventions either didn't work or sometimes increased the likelihood of terrorism and terrorism‐related harm. The findings of this review dramatically emphasize the need for government leaders, policy makers, researchers, and funding agencies to include and insist on evaluations of the effectiveness of these programs in their agendas. These agendas would include identifying ways to overcome methodological and data challenges often associated with terrorism research, increasing funding to evaluate existing programs through methodologically rigorous evaluation designs, and paying attention to existing evaluations of programs when implementing them. Further, programs should be assessed to establish if they cause more harm than good or if they create unanticipated consequences. Date: 2006 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:camsys:v:2:y:2006:i:1:p:1-50 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Campbell Systematic Reviews from John Wiley & Sons |
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