Welcome to the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups website. We are a research institute dedicated to studying and tracking terrorist, extremist, and organized crime groups throughout the world. Currently, we are tracking more than 1100 groups and 1200 subgroups as well as 1200 organized crime groups in more than 215 countries. In addition to tracking and analyzing the tactics of these groups, we are trying to assemble the most comprehensive bibliography on terrorism and extremism in the world.  

Our relational database is the core of the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups and we look forward to sharing with you our research and analyses on the tactics and operations of these groups. If you are a law enforcement agency or counterterrorism professional and would like access to the restricted section of our website, you can request an account from the menu bar on the left of the website. If you have any questions or comments about the website or its content, feel free to contact us at isvg_web@shsu.edu