Competing to kill: terrorist organizations versus lone wolf terrorists

Are organizationally linked suicide attacks deadlier than those launched by lone wolf terrorists? This article elaborates a perpetrator-based distinction among suicide terrorist attacks between organizations and lone wolf terrorists, who operate in the absence of a financially or physically supporti...

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Autor principal: Alakoc, Burcu Pinar (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
En: Terrorism and political violence
Año: 2017, Volumen: 29, Número: 3, Páginas: 509-532
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Sumario:Are organizationally linked suicide attacks deadlier than those launched by lone wolf terrorists? This article elaborates a perpetrator-based distinction among suicide terrorist attacks between organizations and lone wolf terrorists, who operate in the absence of a financially or physically supportive terrorist organization. The expectation is that terrorist organizations would serve as commitment tools that increase the loyalty of suicide bombers to their missions through material and non-material incentives. Findings demonstrate that when terrorist organizations are involved in the planning and execution of suicide terrorist attacks, not only do they increase the lethality of these attacks but they also accentuate the tactical advantages of suicide terrorism. These findings suggest that despite the recent upsurge and concern about lone wolf terrorism, the lethality and security impacts of suicide terrorism continue to be driven by terrorist organizations.
Notas:Gesehen am 28.11.2023
Published online: 11 Aug 2015
Descripción Física:Diagramme
ISSN:1556-1836
DOI:10.1080/09546553.2015.1050489