New Database and Report: “Held Hostage: Analyses of Kidnapping Across Time and Among Jihadist Organizations”
Released today by the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point.
From the CTC Web Site:
“Held Hostage: Analyses of Kidnapping Across Time and Among Jihadist Organizations,” a report that examines trends related to the kidnapping of Westerners by jihadist groups. The report relies on a newly gathered open-source dataset of the kidnapping of Westerners from 2001–2015, which the CTC publicly releases together with this report. We believe that the report and accompanying data will be an important resource for policymakers, practitioners, and academics interested in this area.
Direct to Full Text Report (64 pages; PDF)
Direct to Interactive/Searchable Database
Direct Download All Data: .csv Version ||| .xlsx Version
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.