<s>
The	O
Worldwide	B-Application
Atrocities	I-Application
Dataset	I-Application
is	O
a	O
dataset	O
collected	O
by	O
the	O
Computational	O
Event	O
Data	O
System	O
at	O
Pennsylvania	O
State	O
University	O
and	O
sponsored	O
by	O
the	O
Political	O
Instability	O
Task	O
Force	O
(	O
PITF	O
)	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
Central	O
Intelligence	O
Agency	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
datasets	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Global	B-Application
Database	I-Application
of	I-Application
Events	I-Application
,	I-Application
Language	I-Application
,	I-Application
and	I-Application
Tone	I-Application
(	O
GDELT	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Integrated	O
Conflict	O
Early	O
Warning	O
System	O
(	O
ICEWS	O
)	O
,	O
data	O
for	O
the	O
Worldwide	B-Application
Atrocities	I-Application
Dataset	I-Application
is	O
entered	O
and	O
coded	O
manually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Worldwide	B-Application
Atrocities	I-Application
Dataset	I-Application
has	O
been	O
referenced	O
in	O
academic	O
research	O
on	O
the	O
impact	O
of	O
climate	O
change	O
on	O
violence	O
in	O
Africa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
referenced	O
alongside	O
the	O
ACLED	B-Application
dataset	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Peacekeeping	O
Operations	O
Locations	O
and	O
Event	O
Dataset	O
in	O
a	O
paper	O
on	O
the	O
geography	O
of	O
conflict	O
by	O
Wiedmann	O
and	O
Kuse	O
(	O
2009	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2011	O
paper	O
by	O
Gold	O
and	O
Haar	O
used	O
the	O
Worldwide	B-Application
Atrocities	I-Application
Dataset	I-Application
to	O
understand	O
the	O
spatial	O
dimension	O
of	O
refugee	O
flows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Political	O
scientist	O
and	O
forecasting	O
expert	O
Jay	O
Ulfelder	O
called	O
the	O
Worldwide	B-Application
Atrocities	I-Application
Dataset	I-Application
a	O
"	O
useful	O
data	O
set	O
on	O
political	O
violence	O
that	O
almost	O
no	O
one	O
is	O
using.	O
"	O
</s>
