Joseph K. Young

American University

Associate Professor

School of Public Affairs

4400 Massachussetts Ave

Washington, DC 20016

United States

American University - School of International Service

4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20016

United States

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1.

What is Terrorism?

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0007, APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Joseph K. Young
American University
Downloads 1,246 (15,302)
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terrorism, measurement, quantitative research

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If Torture is Wrong, What About 24?: Torture and the Hollywood Effect

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0001
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Erin Kearns and Joseph K. Young
University of Alabama and American University
Downloads 498 (54,867)
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Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice

Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2013-20
Number of pages: 434 Posted: 12 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Jon B. Gould, Julia Carrano, Richard A. Leo and Joseph K. Young
American University - School of Public Affairs, American University, University of San Francisco - School of Law and American University
Downloads 400 (71,783)
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wrongful conviction, erroneous conviction, prosecutorial misconduct, false confessions, eyewitness misidentification, criminal law, criminal procedure

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Terrorism and Civil War: A Spatial and Temporal Approach to a Conceptual Problem

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Michael Findley and Joseph K. Young
Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science and American University
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terrorism, civil war, geocoding

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Comparing Role-Specific Terrorist Profiles

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Mar 2011
Paul Gill and Joseph K. Young
International Center for the Study of Terrorism. Pennsylvania State University and American University
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Terrorists, Suicide Bombers, Roles in Terrorist Organizations, Terrorist Profiles

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Modeling Dynamic Violence: Integrating Events, Data Analysis and Agent-Based Modeling

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Michael Findley, Joseph K. Young and Stephen M. Shellman
Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science, American University and College of William and Mary
Downloads 216 (139,422)
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terrorism, violence

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A Political Economy of Human Rights: Oil, Natural Gas, and State Incentives to Repress

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt and Joseph K. Young
University of North Texas and American University
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human rights, oil, natural resources, resource curse, state capacity

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Terrorism, Bargaining, and Credible Commitments

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Joseph K. Young and Michael Findley
American University and Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science
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terrorism, domestic politics

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Can Peace Be Purchased? A Sectoral-Level Analysis of Aid’s Influence on Transnational Terrorism

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Joseph K. Young and Michael Findley
American University and Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science
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Promise and Pitfalls of Terrorism Research

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Sep 2010
Joseph K. Young and Michael Findley
American University and Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science
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More Combatants, More Terror? An Empirical Test of the Outbidding Thesis

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Sep 2010
Michael Findley and Joseph K. Young
Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science and American University
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Terrorism, Spoiling, and the Resolution of Civil Wars

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Aug 2013
Michael Findley and Joseph K. Young
University of Texas at Austin and American University
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terrorism, spoilers, civil war

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Games Rivals Play: Terrorism in International Rivalries

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Sep 2010
Michael Findley, James Piazza and Joseph K. Young
Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Political Science and American University
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For Better and Worse: Border Fixity, State Capacity, and the Geography of War

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Aug 2013
Boaz Atzili and Joseph K. Young
American University - School of International Service and American University
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Interstate War, Borders, State Capacity