"Ordinary people" and "death work": Palestinian suicide bombers as victimizers and victims

Violence and Victims

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 603-623

  Berko, Anat ^a   Erez, Edna ^b  

^a Intl Plcy Inst Counter Terrorism   (Israel)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Martyrdom; Palestinians; Suicide bombing; Terrorism; Victimizers; Victims

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICY; PRISONER; RELIGION; REWARD; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE BOMBING; TERRORISM; VICTIM;

EID: 32344433152     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.20.6.603     Document Type: Article

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