Assassination Attempts

Assassination Attempts is a scholarly construct in political violence research that denotes planned, unlawful actions aimed at killing a public figure, distinguished from completed assassinations by the failure to achieve lethal outcome despite intent and operational effort.

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174

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2017–2026

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Political Assassination

Publications

141

Assassination in the United States: An Operational Study of Recent Assassins, Attackers, and Near-Lethal Approachers

RA Fein, Bryan Vossekuil · Journal of Forensic Sciences · 1999 · 222 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +10

Predatory states: Operation Condor and covert war in Latin America

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 207 citations

Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science +16

A major event has a major cause: Evidence for the role of heuristics in reasoning about conspiracy theories

Patrick J. Leman, Marco Cinnirella · Social Psychological Review · 2007 · 146 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +8

Clark McCauley, Susan Jacques · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1979 · 132 citations

Natural Sciences, Political Science, Social Psychology +15

How Drone Strikes and a Fake Vaccination Program Have Inhibited Polio Eradication in Pakistan: An Analysis of National Level Data

Jonathan Kennedy · International Journal of Health Services · 2017 · 100 citations

Social Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Political Science +14

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Bruno S. Frey
University of Zurich, Switzerland
3 publications · 54 citations
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Benno Torgler
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
2 publications · 44 citations
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Nachman Ben‐Yehuda
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2 publications · 30 citations
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Michael L. Gross
University of Haifa, Israel
2 publications · 125 citations
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Joshua D. Freilich
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, United States
2 publications · 44 citations
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Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 12 publications · 579 citations
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The American Historical Review
AHR · 6 publications · 158 citations
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Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
4 publications · 161 citations
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Public Opinion Quarterly
POQ · 3 publications · 107 citations
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The Journal of Southern History
3 publications · 38 citations
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