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TY - JOUR
T1 - Female terrorism
T2 - a review
AU - Jacques, Karen
AU - Taylor, Paul J.
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Terrorism and Political Violence, 21 (3), 2009, © Informa Plc
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The sharp growth in the number of publications examining female involvement in terrorism has produced a valuable but un-integrated body of knowledge spread across many disciplines. In this paper, we bring together 54 publications on female terrorism and use qualitative and quantitative analyses to examine the range of theoretical and methodological approaches in these papers. Using a content analysis, we identify six primary research foci: Portrayal in media, Feminism, Interviews with terrorists, Group roles, Motivation and recruitment, and Environmental enablers. Results revealed a reliance on secondary rather than primary data, narrative rather than statistical comparisons, and descriptions rather than explanations of events.
AB - The sharp growth in the number of publications examining female involvement in terrorism has produced a valuable but un-integrated body of knowledge spread across many disciplines. In this paper, we bring together 54 publications on female terrorism and use qualitative and quantitative analyses to examine the range of theoretical and methodological approaches in these papers. Using a content analysis, we identify six primary research foci: Portrayal in media, Feminism, Interviews with terrorists, Group roles, Motivation and recruitment, and Environmental enablers. Results revealed a reliance on secondary rather than primary data, narrative rather than statistical comparisons, and descriptions rather than explanations of events.
KW - female terrorism
KW - meta-analysis
KW - motivations
KW - radicalization
KW - recruitment
KW - review
KW - SUICIDE BOMBERS
KW - QUALITATIVE FINDINGS
KW - WOMEN
KW - METASYNTHESIS
KW - EXPERIENCE
KW - VIOLENCE
U2 - 10.1080/09546550902984042
DO - 10.1080/09546550902984042
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 499
EP - 515
JO - Terrorism and Political Violence
JF - Terrorism and Political Violence
SN - 0954-6553
IS - 3
ER -