Abstract
This article has a dual purpose. The first is to propose a model by which acts of state violence may be adjudged to be state terrorism. The second is to apply empirical evidence to the theoretical model in order to highlight some of the obstacles in constructing an indictment of terrorism against a state. It represents an attempt to provide a test of a theoretical model that I have been developing as part of a programme of research into the use of terrorism by states, employing a number of historical case studies representing different types of repressive activity. Using comparative methods I aim to understand the policy‐making process that leads to the use of terror and establish whether there are patterns in the application of terror under particular circumstances.
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