Database on Suicide Attacks

The Database on Suicide Attacks (DSAT or CPOST-DSAT) is a database maintained by the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) at the University of Chicago.^[1] The database is publicly available and includes all known suicide attacks from 1974 to 2019.^[2]

Reception

Research referencing the database

The Database on Suicide Attack - formerly known as the Suicide Attack Database - was the main reference used by Robert Pape in his article The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism. Two books followed, Dying to Win and Cutting the Fuse, co-authored with James K. Feldman. The DSAT has been referenced in multiple academic journals, including the Journal of Conflict Resolution^[3] and Middle East Policy.^[4] It has also been used in doctoral theses on suicide terrorism.^[5]

Inclusion in research guides and library guides

The Database on Suicide Attacks is mentioned as a resource by University of Southern California library guide.^[6]

References

^ "Database on Suicide Attacks". Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
^ "Expanded Suicide Attack Database Now Online". Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism. May 7, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
^ Collard-Wexler, Simon; Pischedda, Constantino; Smith, Michael G. (June 2014). "Do Foreign Occupations Cause Suicide Attacks?". Journal of Conflict Resolution. 58 (4): 625–657. doi:10.1177/0022002713478558. S2CID 16511756.
^ Hudson, Leila; Owens, Colin; Flannes, Matt] (September 15, 2011). "Drone Warfare: Blowback from the New American Way of War". Middle East Policy. 18 (3): 122–132. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4967.2011.00502.x.
^ Bruce Andrew Eggers (Spring 2011). "Addressing the cause: an analysis of suicide terrorism" (PDF). Retrieved June 17, 2014.
^ "International Statistics: Where to Start". University of Southern California. June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

External links

Official website

[1] "Database on Suicide Attacks". Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Retrieved April 27, 2021.

[2] "Expanded Suicide Attack Database Now Online". Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism. May 7, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

[3] Collard-Wexler, Simon; Pischedda, Constantino; Smith, Michael G. (June 2014). "Do Foreign Occupations Cause Suicide Attacks?". Journal of Conflict Resolution. 58 (4): 625–657. doi:10.1177/0022002713478558. S2CID 16511756.

[4] Hudson, Leila; Owens, Colin; Flannes, Matt] (September 15, 2011). "Drone Warfare: Blowback from the New American Way of War". Middle East Policy. 18 (3): 122–132. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4967.2011.00502.x.

[5] Bruce Andrew Eggers (Spring 2011). "Addressing the cause: an analysis of suicide terrorism" (PDF). Retrieved June 17, 2014.

[6] "International Statistics: Where to Start". University of Southern California. June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.