Terrorism Research Center

Name

Terrorism Research Center

Legal name

Terrorism Research Center

Website

https://terrorismresearch.uark.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Criminology Research and Data Analytics

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Records Management, Information Governance & Retention (BPAEAPAO)

Keywords

• Terrorism research databases
• Criminology data analytics
• Violent extremism studies
• Hate crime research
• Criminal justice analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Fayetteville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Federal Research Grants: The TRC generates revenue through competitive federal research grants from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and National Science Foundation (NSF). These grants fund specific research projects, database development, and student training programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Terrorism Research Center (TRC) operates a portfolio of longitudinal proprietary databases on domestic terrorism, hate crime, extremist crime, human trafficking, and U.S. protests, supported by the ATSCoRR web query platform and the CASDAL research and training lab. It produces peer-reviewed research, data snapshots, research briefs, and training programs that inform federal law enforcement, intelligence, and academic stakeholders.

Product overview

The Terrorism Research Center (TRC) is a non-partisan research organization that operates as a portfolio of interconnected databases and research programs rather than a single product. The core database infrastructure includes the American Terrorism Study (ATS), Bias Homicide Database (BHDB), Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), Human Trafficking Study (HTS), and U.S. Protests and Demonstration Events Database (USPDB). Supporting these databases are the American Terrorism Study Court Record Repository (ATSCoRR) web platform for querying and the Crime and Security Data Analytics Lab (CASDAL) for multidisciplinary research. The TRC also produces value-added research products including Data Snapshots, Research Briefs, How-To Guides, and hosts the NSF-funded REU in Crime Analytics program for training the next generation of researchers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Crime and Security Data Analytics Lab (CASDAL): A multidisciplinary research lab promoting crime and security research, partnerships with public and private agencies, and training students in crime analysis methodologies. Established in 2020 as part of the TRC.

Products and services

• American Terrorism Study (ATS) Longitudinal database of terrorism-related federal court cases in the United States, including FBI terrorism investigations, informant usage, legal strategies and outcomes, geospatial variables, target characteristics, and group dynamics; serves federal law enforcement, intelligence, and academic researchers.
• Bias Homicide Database (BHDB) Open-source database tracking approximately 350+ felonious bias murders in the United States since 1990, including victim attributes, offender characteristics, and circumstances of bias-motivated killings.
• Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) Database tracking extremist crime incidents and offender data, housed at the TRC; supports research on violent extremism in the United States.
• Human Trafficking Study (HTS) TRC-housed database of federal human trafficking cases and basic legal outcome information, supporting research and policy briefs on trafficking.
• U.S. Protests and Demonstration Events Database (USPDB) Database tracking protests and demonstration events in the United States for research on collective action, civil unrest, and political violence.
• American Terrorism Study Court Record Repository (ATSCoRR) Web-based platform developed with CAST at U of A that allows authorized users to query the ATS database — including cases, defendants, and criminal counts — and serves as an archive of associated court records; access restricted to law enforcement, intelligence community members, government agencies (including U.S. Attorneys Offices), and NIJ-funded researchers.
• Crime and Security Data Analytics Lab (CASDAL) Multidisciplinary research lab established in 2020 that promotes crime and security research projects, partnerships with public and private agencies, and training of students in crime analysis methodologies; includes BJA-funded gun violence research with Chattanooga PD and UT Chattanooga.
• NSF REU Site in Crime Analytics NSF-funded 10-week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site that hosts students from multiple universities to learn crime analytics, data management, data visualization, and professional networking in terrorism, hate crime, and crime analysis research.

Quantifiable outcome

• ATS data has been published to National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) at ICPSR for secondary analysis
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Michigan State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating institution on the NIJ-funded 'From Dot Coms to Pipe Bombs' project studying online and offline radicalization.
• John Jay College of Criminal JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating institution on the NIJ-funded radicalization research project.
• University of South Carolina Department of Criminology & Criminal JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner on the DHS-funded project studying mobilization to violence, leveraging data across universities.
• University of Tennessee, ChattanoogacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner with CASDAL on BJA-funded gun violence research in collaboration with the Chattanooga Police Department.
• Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST)coreTechnology or IntegrationCollaborated with CAST at University of Arkansas to develop the ATSCoRR web-based platform.
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)coreTechnology or IntegrationATS and Longevity datasets archived at NACJD within ICPSR for secondary analysis by researchers worldwide.
• Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal organization that interacts with NSF-REU participants to connect research to practice in crime analytics.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) - University of Maryland: University-based, federally funded terrorism and extremism research consortium running multiple longitudinal databases (GTD, PIR) and university-led training programs — the closest academic parallel to TRC's model of multi-database, grant-funded research with restricted data products.
• Program on Extremism at George Washington University: GW-based academic center producing datasets, court-tracking tools, and policy reports on domestic extremism — directly comparable in mission, data-tracking focus on federal cases, and restricted stakeholder distribution to TRC's ATSCoRR-like outputs.
• Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point: Military-academic research center publishing peer-reviewed analyses, data products, and the CTC Sentinel on terrorism and insurgency; shares TRC's model of combining longitudinal data, academic publications, and restricted federal stakeholder access.
• Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) - American University: University-based research lab studying extremism online and offline, producing peer-reviewed research and data tools — closely comparable to TRC in academic affiliation, federal grant reliance, and social-science methodology applied to extremism.

Others

• National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC): U.S. government lead for counterterrorism analysis and information fusion; explicitly cited as a TRC stakeholder where TRC students receive NCTC briefings, illustrating the federal-customer / data-supplier relationship rather than true peer product overlap.

Emerging players

• Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) - University of Oslo: European academic center producing social-science research and policy outputs on far-right extremism and hate crime — overlaps with TRC's Bias Homicide Database and violent-extremism court case research but operates with a Europe-centric lens.

Broad incumbents

• RAND Corporation: Large, established think tank with a substantial Countering Terrorism and Public Safety research division producing federally contracted analytic reports and policy support — overlap in federally funded extremism research but vastly broader mandate and scale than TRC.
• ADL Center on Extremism: Nonprofit extremism-tracking organization producing HATE MAP and federal court-monitoring outputs on extremist activity — comparative overlap with TRC's Hate Crime/Human Trafficking/Bias Homicide focus but operates as a civil-rights nonprofit rather than academic research center.
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Established Washington think tank with a dedicated transnational threats and homeland security program — comparable insofar as it produces federally consumed policy and analytic products on terrorism/extremism, though policy/analysis led rather than database-led.

Regional players

• International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) - King's College London: London-based academic counter-radicalization research center publishing reports, datasets, and policy briefs on violent extremism; comparable academic mission and mixed data/policy research output but UK/Europe geographic focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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