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- Title
Terrorism as a process: A critical review of Moghaddam's 'Staircase to Terrorism'.
- Authors
LYGRE, RAGNHILD B.; EID, JARLE; LARSSON, GERRY; RANSTORP, MAGNUS
- Abstract
Lygre, R. B., Eid, J., Larsson, G. & Ranstorp, M. (2011). Terrorism as a process: A critical review of Moghaddam's 'Staircase to Terrorism'. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 52, 609-616. This study reviews empirical evidence for Moghaddam's model 'Staircase to Terrorism,' which portrays terrorism as a process of six consecutive steps culminating in terrorism. An extensive literature search, where 2,564 publications on terrorism were screened, resulted in 38 articles which were subject to further analysis. The results showed that while most of the theories and processes linked to Moghaddam's model are supported by empirical evidence, the proposed transitions between the different steps are not. These results may question the validity of a linear stepwise model and may suggest that a combination of mechanisms/factors could combine in different ways to produce terrorism.
- Subjects
AGGRESSION (Psychology); TERRORISM &; psychology; MATHEMATICAL models; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY; EMPIRICAL research
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2011, Vol 52, Issue 6, p609
- ISSN
0036-5564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9450.2011.00918.x