

Author: KIMHI SHAUL EVEN SHEMUEL
Publisher: Routledge Ltd
ISSN: 0954-6553
Source: Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol.16, Iss.4, 2004-10, pp. : 815-840
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Abstract
The current study uses the content analysis method while focusing on identification of repeated patterns of behavior by suicide terrorists and the society within which they grow and develop. The present study presents a typology—a classification into categories, each represented by a prototype, of suicide terrorists in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It also identifies prerequisite factors(as without these factors, there is little opportunity for a particular prototype to emerge)and supporting factors(which may assist in the emergence of the prototype, but are not essential)for each of the suicide terrorist prototypes. The suggested typology is based on a convenient sample: details which have been published in the literature describing suicide terrorists. The typology suggests four categories of suicide bombers: religious fanatic, exploited, avenger, and nationalist fanatic. This typology is based on the main motive of the perpetrator, and different trajectories which each suicide bomber undergoes from recruitment to detonating the bomb. The major difference among the four categories lies in the prerequisite factors and their relative importance in comparison to the supporting factors.
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