The phenomenon of suicide bombing: A review of psychological and non psychological factors

Crisis

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 107-118

  Grimland, Meytal ^a   Apter, Alan ^a,c   Kerkhof, Ad ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bombing; Indoctrination; Psychological and nonpsychological approaches; Suicide; Terror

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SUICIDE; TERRORISM;

EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; TERRORISM;

EID: 33750217336     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.27.3.107     Document Type: Review

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