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]

See also

References
  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.
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