Suicide Terrorism

Suicide Terrorism is a form of terrorism in which the operational success of an attack is contingent on the intentional self-destruction of the perpetrator, employed to inflict severe harm on selected targets and thereby coerce a broader audience for political, ideological, or religious purposes.

290

Publications

17.4K

Citations

430

Authors

243

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Terrorism Studies

Children

Attack EffectivenessCasualty PatternsFemale Suicide BombersIdeological JustificationIndividual MotivationPrison RadicalizationPsychological ProfilingReligious FramingSuicide Attack Tactics

Publications

290

The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

Robert A. Pape · American Political Science Review · 2003 · 1.3K citations

Social Sciences, Political Science, Democratization +10

Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

Lawrence Freedman, R. De Pape, Mia Bloom · Foreign Affairs · 2005 · 517 citations

Social Sciences, Political Science, Strategy +11

Fully Committed: Suicide Bombers' Motivation and the Quest for Personal Significance

Arie W. Kruglanski, Mark Dechesne, Shira Fishman et al. · Political Psychology · 2009 · 507 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +16

Palestinian Suicide Bombing: Public Support, Market Share, and Outbidding

Mia Bloom · Political Science Quarterly · 2004 · 385 citations

Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science +15

Evidence about the Link Between Education, Poverty and Terrorism among Palestinians

Claude Berrebi · Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy · 2007 · 356 citations

Social Sciences, Demography, Economics +16

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Authors

430

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Claude Berrebi
RAND Corporation, United States
10 publications · 1K citations
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Anne Speckhard
Georgetown University, United States
7 publications · 339 citations
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Adam Lankford
University of Alabama, United States
6 publications · 425 citations
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Esteban F. Klor
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
6 publications · 335 citations
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Todd Sandler
The University of Texas at Dallas, United States
6 publications · 523 citations
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Institutions

243

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Venues

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
26 publications · 1.9K citations
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Terrorism and Political Violence
25 publications · 1.1K citations
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Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 14 publications · 1.8K citations
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SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 7 publications · 403 citations
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Journal of Conflict Resolution
5 publications · 218 citations
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