Competing to Kill

Terrorist Organizations Versus Lone Wolf Terrorists

Bibliographic Data

ID4087941
AuthorsBurcu Pinar Alakoc (0000-0002-1692-0456, Webster University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume29
Issue3
Pages509-532
Publication date2017-05-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546553.2015.1050489
OpenAlexW1239210594
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Are organizationally linked suicide attacks deadlier than those launched by lone wolf terrorists? This article elaborates a perpetrator-based distinction among suicide terrorist attacks between organizations and lone wolf terrorists, who operate in the absence of a financially or physically supportive terrorist organization. The expectation is that terrorist organizations would serve as commitment tools that increase the loyalty of suicide bombers to their missions through material and non-material incentives. Findings demonstrate that when terrorist organizations are involved in the planning and execution of suicide terrorist attacks, not only do they increase the lethality of these attacks but they also accentuate the tactical advantages of suicide terrorism. These findings suggest that despite the recent upsurge and concern about lone wolf terrorism, the lethality and security impacts of suicide terrorism continue to be driven by terrorist organizations

Computer security · Criminology · Economics · Incentive · Lethality · Loyalty · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Suicide prevention · Terrorism · Computer Science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Medicine · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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