International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events - ITERATE Project,
The ITERATE project is an attempt to quantify data on the characteristics of transnational terrorist groups, their activities which have international impact, and the environment in which they operate.
This is a four-part study. Parts 2-4 can be linked to Part 1 when appropriate.
Bibliographic Information:
Mickolus, Edward F., et al., 2015, International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events, 1968 - [most recent], [Data files]. Dunn Loring, VA: Vinyard Software [producer] Retrieved from: http://gsg.uottawa.ca/iterate/iterate-e.html
ITERATE Data Codebook:
ITERATE Data Files:
Part 1 - Common file:
This file includes information on the type of attack, the location of the beginning and end of the incident, the name of the terrorist group involved, and the numbers of deaths and injuries.
Updates -
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 l 2015 l 2016 l 2017 l 2018 l 2019 l 2020
Parts 2 and 3 - Hostage and Fate files:
These files include more detailed information on the characteristics and fates of both the hostages and the terrorists.
Hostage 1978-2005 (corrected June 2006)
Part 4 - Skyjack file:
This file consists of data on skyjacking incidents.
See also: DOTS - The Terrorist List, by Edward Mickolus
License restrictions:
These Iterate and DOTS data are subject to copyright and are licensed for current members of the University of Ottawa.
1) You may make a copy of this data for your own use.
2) You may NOT make copies, in full or partial, for DISTRIBUTION, in any manner.