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Suicide Attacks

Title Investigators Project Period
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure (CT NEADS) Barnett S. Koven -
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex Gary LaFree, Erin Miller -
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+ Thomas Guarrieri, Marcus A. Boyd, Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration Erin Miller -
Mobilization For and Against Terrorism in the Muslim World Clark McCauley, Mansoor Moaddel, Mohammed Hafez -
Terrorist Behavior and Societal Tolerance of Violence Risa Brooks -
Project Title Publication Date Publication Type
A Situated Comparison of Suicide and Non-Suicide Terrorist Plots and Homicides in the United States, 1990-2014 2018-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Supply-Side View of Suicide Terrorism: A Cross-National Study 2008-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Apologia for Suicide: Martyrdom in Contemporary Jihadist Discourse 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Caravan of Martyrs: Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan, by David B. Edwards 2019-05-01T12:00:00 Book Review
Choosing to Fight, Choosing to Die: Examining How ISIS Foreign Fighters Select Their Operational Roles 2020-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Comparing Extremist Perpetrators of Suicide and Non-suicide Attacks in the U.S. 2017-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Conducting Terrorism Fieldwork on a Shoe-String Budget: Researching Suicide Terrorism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 2013-02-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Project Fact Sheet
Divergent Paths to Martyrdom and Significance Among Suicide Attackers 2015-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Explaining Suicide Terrorism: A Review Essay 2007-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Foreign Military Interventions and Suicide Attacks 2015-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Fully Committed: Suicide Bombers' Motivation and the Quest for Personal Significance 2009-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Hamas and Suicide Terrorism: Multi-causal and Multi-level Approaches 2011-01-01T12:00:00 Book
How Many Suicide Terrorists are Suicidal? 2014-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Internally Displaced Populations and Suicide Terrorism 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Intimations of Mortality or Production Lines? The Puzzle of "Suicide Terrorism" 2009-06-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
On the Fifth Anniversary of the 7/7 London Transit Attack 2010-07-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Perceptions of the United States and Support for Violence Against America 2006-11-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Suicide Attack at Moscow Airport 2011-01-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Suicide Attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan 2011-06-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Suicide Bombers – Martyrs, Heroes or Victims? 2014-03-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Suicide Bombers in Iraq, 2003-2010: Disaggregating Targets Can Reveal Insurgent Motives and Priorities 2014-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Suicide Terrorism 2018-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Suicide Terrorism 2019-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks 2008-07-01T12:00:00 Book
The Marvel of Martyrdom: The Power of Self-Sacrifice in a Selfish World 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Book
The Politics of Suicide Terrorism 2005-09-01T12:00:00 Book Review
The Role of Entitativity in Perpetuating Cycles of Violence 2018-12-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Tracking Radical Opinions in Polls of U.S. Muslims 2017-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Western Muslims Volunteering to fight in Syria and Iraq: Why do they go, and what should we do? 2015-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Title Job Title Institution
Koven Barnett S. Koven Data Science Manager, Deloitte Government & Public Services
McCauley_Clark Clark McCauley Professor of Psychology Bryn Mawr College
Miller Erin Erin Miller Former GTD Program Manager, START University of Maryland
Tinsley_Herbert Herbert Tinsley Analyst, Government Accountability Office
Jeff Jeff Gruenewald Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas University of Arkansas
Joshua Freilich Joshua Freilich Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Laura Dugan Laura Dugan Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology The Ohio State University
Asal_Victor Victor Asal Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Public Administration University at Albany, State University of New York