Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=uter20 Download by: [Florida International University] Date: 29 April 2016, At: 08:10 Studies in Conflict & Terrorism ISSN: 1057-610X (Print) 1521-0731 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/uter20 Specifying Kidnapping for Ransom Epidemics at the Global Level: A Matched-Case Control Design Stephen F. Pires, Rob T. Guerette & Auzeen Shariati To cite this article: Stephen F. Pires, Rob T. Guerette & Auzeen Shariati (2016): Specifying Kidnapping for Ransom Epidemics at the Global Level: A Matched-Case Control Design, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2016.1168656 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1168656 Accepted author version posted online: 24 Mar 2016. Published online: 28 Apr 2016. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 12 View related articles View Crossmark data