自殺テロリズムの創世記
1CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod, 1 bis Avenue Lowendal, 75007 Paris, France, and Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA. satran@umich.edu
まとめ
中東の自殺テロリストは,しばしば誤ってステレオタイプ化されています. 研究によると,彼らは精神病理学が欠け,教育と経済的地位において同級生に類似しており,コミュニティベースの予防戦略が重要なことを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学とは
- クリミノロジー 犯罪学
- 中東研究 中東研究
背景:
- 公衆の認識はしばしば誤って自殺テロを無教育で,貧乏で,精神病的だと描写している.
- ステレオタイプは,テロに関与する個人に影響を与える複雑な社会経済的および心理的な要因を認識することができません.
研究 の 目的:
- 現代の自殺テロリストの背景と心理的状態に関する一般的な誤解に挑戦する.
- テロ対策の募集のための,コミュニティを中心とした代替的アプローチを探求する.
主な方法:
- 自殺攻撃者の人口統計と心理的プロフィールに関する最近の研究のレビュー.
- テロリストと周囲の住民を比較する社会経済データの分析.
主要な成果:
- 自殺テロのテロリストは,重大な精神病理学を示さない.
- 教育を受け,経済的に安定した個人は,自殺攻撃者の有意な部分を占めています.
- テロリストのプロフィールは,その地域社会における一般住民のプロフィールと密接に一致しています.
結論:
- この発見は,自殺テロをめぐる単純化したステレオタイプを再評価することを必要としています.
- 効果的な対テロ戦略は,勧誘に対する感受性を減らすために,コミュニティの関与に焦点を当てなければならない.
- 新兵の"普通"な性質を理解することは,ターゲットを絞った予防プログラムを策定する上で極めて重要です.
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