Abstract
Knowledge about the ways in which suicide attacks are recruited and prepared and on the motivation of suicide bombers and the factors that influence the decisions of organizers of suicide attacks has so far been sketchy and sporadic, derived mostly from media sources. In this study, 15 Palestinian would-be suicides and 14 organizers of suicide attacks participated in semi-structured interviews designed to fill this lacuna. The paper focuses on the self-reported feelings and behavior of the suicide bombers from recruitment to dispatching, as well as on the organizers' self-reported views and decisions concerning suicide attacks.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 102-119 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Terrorism and Political Violence |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2009 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Suicide attacks
- Suicide bombers
- Suicide organizers
- Terrorism
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