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The '''RAND-St Andrews database''', also known as the '''RAND-St Andrews Chronology of Terrorism''' was a database of international terrorist incidents which was developed by [[Bruce Hoffman]] whilst he was at the [[terrorexpertise:University of St. Andrews|University of St. Andrews]], and was later maintained by students at the university.

The database had its origins in the [[RAND Terrorism Chronology Database]] first developed by [[Brian Jenkins]] at [[terrorexpertise:RAND Corporation|RAND]] in the 1970s, and started on 3” x 5” cards. <ref>Brian K. Houghton, [http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php?option=com_rokzine&view=article&id=52 'Terrorism Knowledge Base: A Eulogy (2004-2008)'], Perspectives on Terrorism Volume II, Issue 7</ref> When Jenkins left the [[RAND Corporation]] to become a managing partner at [[Kroll Associates]], the database was taken over by [[Bruce Hoffman]]. <ref>RAND Corporation News Release, [http://rand.org/news/Press.97.98/hoffman.8.31.html 'BRUCE HOFFMAN TO HEAD RAND’S WASHINGTON OFFICE. LEADING TERRORISM EXPERT RETURNS AS THINK TANK BEEFS UP PROGRAM. ALSO BACK AT RAND: BRIAN JENKINS'], 31 August 1998</ref> 

The database was essentially brought with [[Bruce Hoffman|Hoffman]] when he left [[terrorexpertise:RAND Corporation|RAND]] in 1993 to set up the [[Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence]] at [[terrorexpertise:University of St. Andrews|St. Andrews]]. At St. Andrews [[Donna Hoffman]] and doctoral candidate [[David Claridge]] continued to update the database with the assistance of various graduate students. <ref>Laura Dugan, Gary LaFree, Kim Cragin, Anna Kasupski, '[http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/223287.pdf Building and Analyzing a Comprehensive Open Source Data Base on Global Terrorist Events (PDF)]' (National Institute of Justice/NCJRS, March 2008</ref> 

[[Bruce Hoffman]] and his wife left [[terrorexpertise:University of St. Andrews|St. Andrews]] in December 1997 taking data from the chronology back to RAND. <ref>Laura Dugan, Gary LaFree, Kim Cragin, Anna Kasupski, '[http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/223287.pdf Building and Analyzing a Comprehensive Open Source Data Base on Global Terrorist Events (PDF)]' (National Institute of Justice/NCJRS, March 2008</ref> According to [[Alex Schmid]] the St Andrews database was thereafter run under the name 'CSTPV Database project' mainly by students.

It was discontinued in the original form due to the fact that [[MIPT]] continued the [[terrorexpertise:RAND Corporation|RAND]] database with more manpower than available at St. Andrews while at the same time the [[terrorexpertise:University of Maryland|University of Maryland’s]] [[National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism]] (START) also started a large database. [[CSTPV]] donated its events and profiling databases to [[START]] and now focuses its data gathering efforts on the collection and analysis of primary full-text and audio-visual documents from terrorist groups.

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