While most attempts at profiling terrorists imply some kind of psychological inadequacy or deviance, the paper argues that socioeconomic factors may be of far greater value than a psychological perspective in profiling terrorists, as terrorism has a clear socioeconomic basis. Identifying groups of people most likely to face a crisis in their socioeconomic position, particularly in the face of political change, could go a long way toward identifying who may become terrorists. The article discusses definitions of terrorists and terrorist targets and tactics. The classic terrorist is: (1) age 22-25, although leaders are 40-50; (2) male; (3) single; (4) of rural or urban origin; (5) middle or upper-middle class, with parents who had liberal sentiments but were frustrated in their own advancement and distrusted democratic institutions as a medium for change; (6) well educated; (7) recruited from universities; and (8) anarchist, Marxist-Leninist, or nationalist. Notes