Essays about: "Suicide Terrorism"

Found 4 essays containing the words Suicide Terrorism.

  1. 1. Beautiful bombs : A comparative case study of female and male suicide bombers in Boko Haram

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Alice Jakobsson; [2022]
    Keywords : gender; terrorism; boko haram;

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  3. 2. Achieving Security by Suicide - A Way of Ensuring a Forever Jihad?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Iris Hautaniemi Forsberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Terrorism; The Islamic State; Identity; Suicide Attacks; Ontological Security; Narratives; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to analyze how identity and potential ontological insecurity are expressed in the Islamic State’s narrative and how this may explain the use of suicide attacks. This is done by analyzing the language in the Islamic State’s official magazines between 2014 to 2017 through a theoretical lens of ontological security. READ MORE

  4. 3. THE FINAL VICTIM : Do mass shooters who commit suicide differ from those who do not?

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Linnea Malm; Dino Skodo; [2017]
    Keywords : Mass-shooting; mass-murder; Strain Theory; suicide; school shooting; terrorism;

    Abstract : Many mass-shooters commit suicide. Both mass shooting and suicide has been linked to Strain Theory. Studies have shown that workplace shootings often occur after the shooter has been fired. Studies have found that school shooters often have been exposed to bullying and social exclusion. READ MORE

  5. 4. Suicide – Dying for a higher purpose? A study of the motives of the Islamic female suicide bombers through Emile Durkheim’s structural view on suicide

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Michelle Nilsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Suicide; Suicide Terrorism; Islam; Gender; Martyrdom; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There have been several accounts of suicide attacks in the last few years; and although male attackers outnumber female attackers, the number of female suicide bombers has been on the rise. This thesis analyzes the motivation of Muslim female suicide bombers using Durkheim’s theory on suicide and society. READ MORE