Altruistic and Anomic Suicide: A Durkheimian Analysis of Palestinian Suicide Bombers

A Durkheimian Explanation for Suicide Terrorism

The Anatomy of Suicide Terrorism: a Durkheimian Analysis

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

Applying criminological/victimological concepts and theories, the study addresses the social processes involved in Palestinians' suicide terrorism and describes Palestinians' pathways to suicide bombing. The data are derived from in-depth interviews of 7 male and female Palestinians serving prison sentences in Israel for attempted suicide bombing. The social background, context, and experiences...

The Role of Religion in the Generation of Suicide Bombers

Suicide terrorism is an international problem that endangers the well-being of whole populations. Standard explanations suggest that religious fanaticism is a primary driving force in the generation of suicide bombers. A growing body of empirically based scholarship, however, indicates that suicide terrorism is a multifactorial phenomenon that cannot easily be explained away as an outcome of re...

Meta-analysis of suicide studies in Iran

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to investigate the meta-analysis of published articles on the factors affecting suicide. Method: From 15 selected studies, appropriate statistics were recorded to calculate the effect size and other required information and with CMA2 software, the effect size was calculated and hypotheses were analyzed. Findings: The results of the present study sh...