Altruism and fatalism: The characteristics of palestinian suicide terrorists

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-423

  Pedahzur, Ami ^a   Perliger, Arie ^a   Weinberg, Leonard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0038489333     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713840227     Document Type: Article

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