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Harrison, Mark (2006) Bombers and bystanders in suicide attacks in Israel, 2000 to 2003. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol.29 (No.2). pp. 187-206. doi:10.1080/10576100500496998 ISSN 1057-610X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10576100500496998
Abstract
The paper analyses the results of interaction between suicide operatives and
bystanders in the course of 103 suicide attacks in Israel over a recent threeyear
period. It shows that bystanders’ intervention tended to reduce the
casualties arising by numbers that were both statistically and practically
significant. When bystanders intervened, however, this was often at the cost of
their own lives. The value of a challenge was particularly large for suicide
missions associated with Hamas, but Hamas operations were also less likely to
meet a challenge in the first place. These findings, while preliminary, may
have implications for counter-terrorism. More systematic collection of
statistical data relating to suicide incidents would be of benefit.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Suicide bombings -- Israel, Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1057-610X | ||||
Official Date: | March 2006 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.29 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 187-206 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/10576100500496998 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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