The past 20 years have seen dramatic rises in suicide rates in the United States and other
countries around the world. These trends have been identified as a public health crisis in …

This article reviews the state of the art of available theories and data regarding the
psychology of terrorism. Data and theoretical material were gathered from the world's …

SAGE was founded in 1965 by Sara Miller McCune to support the dissemination of usable
knowledge by publishing innovative and high-quality research and teaching content. Today …

This book provides the first empirical analysis of lone-actor terrorist behaviour. Based upon
a unique dataset of 111 lone actors that catalogues the life span of the individual's …

Le chercheur norvégien Thomas Hegghammer et son collègue français Stéphane Lacroix
sont deux des représentants les plus prometteurs de la nouvelle génération d'arabisants …

Why are some terrorist organizations so much more deadly then others? This article
examines organizational characteristics such as ideology, size, age, state sponsorship …

Suicide terrorism in its modern form made its first appearance in Lebanon in the early 1980s.
Over the last quarter century, terrorist attacks perpetrated by suicide bombers have spread to …

Scholars have traditionally argued that Islamist terrorist groups tend to commit higher
casualty attacks. Noting that casualty rates of attacks vary widely across Islamist terrorist …

2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice This groundbreaking volume examines the rise
and spread of suicide attacks over the past decade. Sorting through 1,270 terror strikes …

" The purpose of this book is to introduce criminal justice and other social science students
to the field of terrorism and homeland security. This book is also meant to provide a …