The 1988 murders of Corporal David Howes and Corporal Derek Wood
A micro dynamic analysis of political violence during the Northern Ireland conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5681438 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin J Mccleery (0009-0003-6595-9861, corresponding author), Martin Mccleery, Aaron Edwards (0000-0002-1496-9010) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-149 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Military Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2333-7486 • E-ISSN: 2333-7494 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23337486.2017.1349369 |
| OpenAlex | W2734432817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article examines the murder of two British Army corporals by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) in March 1988. In doing so it reveals much about the micro dynamics of the political violence which occurred during the Northern Ireland conflict. The central theoretical contention of the article is that most human beings are not particularly good at violence, and for the most part, irrespective of motive, can only participate in such actions when they have what is defined as attacker advantage. The attacker advantage principle stipulates that on most occasions when most humans feel it necessary or choose to resort to offensive violence, they do so on the premise of having the advantage, or a perceived advantage, over their intended target
Criminology · Irish · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Sociology · Violent crime · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Irish and British Studies · Sociology and Norbert Elias · History · Law · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |