Suicide Attack Database

The Suicide Attack Database (SAD or CPOST-SAD) is a database maintained by the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism at the University of Chicago.^[1][2][3] The database was made available online in May 2014 and includes all known suicide attacks from 1982 to 2013.^[4]

Reception

Research referencing the database

The Suicide Attack Database has been referenced in academic papers in the Journal of Conflict Resolution^[5] and Middle East Policy.^[6] It has also been used in doctoral theses on suicide terrorism.^[7]

Inclusion in research guides and library guides

The Suicide Attack Database is mentioned as a resource by the Global Terrorism Research Project^[3] as well as by the University of Southern California library guide.^[8]

See also

• Global Terrorism Database
• Patterns of Global Terrorism
• Global Terrorism Index
• MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
• Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone
• Correlates of War

References

1. "Suicide Attack Database". Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
2. "Suicide Attack Database Project". Retrieved June 17, 2014.
3. "Suicide Attack Database". Global Terrorism Research Project, Haverford College. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
4. "Expanded Suicide Attack Database Now Online". Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism. May 7, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
5. Collard-Wexler, Simon; Pischedda, Constantino; Smith, Michael G. (June 2014). "Do Foreign Occupations Cause Suicide Attacks?". Journal of Conflict Resolution 58 (4). doi:10.1177/0022002713478558.
6. Hudson, Leila; Owens, Colin; Flannes, Matt] (September 15, 2011). 18 (3): 122–132. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4967.2011.00502.x. Missing or empty |title= (help);
7. Bruce Andrew Eggers (Spring 2011). "Addressing the cause: an analysis of suicide terrorism" (PDF). Retrieved June 17, 2014.
8. "International Statistics: Where to Start". University of Southern California. June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

External links

• Official website