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How many suicide terrorists are suicidal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2014

Clark McCauley
Clark McCauley*
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. cmccaule@brynmawr.eduhttp://www.brynmawr.edu/psychology/McCauley1.html
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Abstract

Suicide terrorists in recent decades total approximately 3,500. Lankford finds risk factors for suicide for about 40 of these cases. Given that many with risk factors for suicide never attempt suicide, a reasonable estimate might be that one percent of suicide terrorists are suicidal.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , August 2014 , pp. 373 - 374
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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