Risk Groups in Exposure to Terror
The Case of Israel's Citizens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18982202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Y Feniger (0000-0002-8959-6917, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author), E Yuchtman-Yaar, Ephraim Yuchtman‐yaar (Tel Aviv University) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1451-1462 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sof.0.0296 |
| OpenAlex | W1998581534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This research addresses a largely ignored question in the study of terror: who are its likely victims? An answer was sought through analysis of comprehensive data on civilian victims of terror in Israel from 1993 through 2003. The chances of being killed in seemingly random terror attacks were found unequally distributed in Israeli society, but the weaker sectors were not the most vulnerable. This pattern may be attributed to the perpetration of most terror attacks in public places, where members of underprivileged groups are less likely to be. Paradoxically, ethnic segregation, gender and other forms of social exclusion and inequality may have helped to protect marginalized social groups from the risk of terror victimization
Criminology · Ethnic group · Inequality · Political science · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |