Global comparison of warring groups in 2002-2007: fatalities from targeting civilians vs. fighting battles.

BACKGROUND: Warring groups that compete to dominate a civilian population confront contending behavioral options: target civilians or battle the enemy. We aimed to describe degrees to which combatant groups concentrated lethal behavior into intentionally targeting civilians as opposed to engaging in...

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Main Authors: Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks, Uih Ran Lee, Ralph Sundberg, Michael Spagat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3167835?pdf=render