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.{{cite web|title=Database on Suicide Attacks|url=https://cpost.uchicago.edu/research/suicide_attacks/database_on_suicide_attacks/|publisher=Chicago Project on Security and Threats|accessdate=April 27, 2021}} The database is publicly available and includes all known suicide attacks from 1974 to 2019.{{cite web|url=http://cpost.uchicago.edu/news/suicide_attack_database_update/|title = Expanded Suicide Attack Database Now Online|date = May 7, 2014|accessdate = June 17, 2014|publisher = Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism}}
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{{cite journal|title = Do Foreign Occupations Cause Suicide Attacks?|journal = Journal of Conflict Resolution|last1 = Collard-Wexler|first1 = Simon|last2 = Pischedda|first2 = Constantino|last3 = Smith|first3 = Michael G.|doi = 10.1177/0022002713478558|volume = 58|issue = 4|date = June 2014| pages=625–657 | s2cid=16511756 }} and Middle East Policy.{{cite journal|doi = 10.1111/j.1475-4967.2011.00502.x|date = September 15, 2011|volume = 18|issue = 3|pages = 122–132|last1 = Hudson|first1 = Leila|last2 = Owens|first2 = Colin|last3 = Flannes|first3 = Matt]| title=Drone Warfare: Blowback from the New American Way of War | journal=Middle East Policy }} It has also been used in doctoral theses on suicide terrorism.{{cite web|url=http://digitool.library.colostate.edu/exlibris/dtl/d3_1/apache_media/L2V4bGlicmlzL2R0bC9kM18xL2FwYWNoZV9tZWRpYS8xMTk3OTA=.pdf|title = Addressing the cause: an analysis of suicide terrorism|author = Bruce Andrew Eggers|date = Spring 2011|accessdate = June 17, 2014}}
=Inclusion in research guides and library guides=
The Database on Suicide Attacks is mentioned as a resource by University of Southern California library guide.{{cite web|url=http://libguides.usc.edu/content.php?pid=22394&sid=412618|title = International Statistics: Where to Start|publisher = University of Southern California|date = June 16, 2014|accessdate = June 17, 2014}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://cpost.uchicago.edu/research/suicide_attacks/database_on_suicide_attacks/}}
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