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| Autor/inn/en | Trela, James; Hewitt, Christopher |
|---|---|
| Titel | Age and Terrorist Victimization. |
| Quelle | (1986), (24 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Age Differences; Aging (Individuals); Death; Foreign Countries; High Risk Persons; Life Style; Older Adults; Sex Differences; Terrorism; Victims of Crime; Violence; Italy; Spain; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) |
| Abstract | While research has examined how age-related factors structure the probability of experiencing a particular event or suffering a particular kind of injury, one issue which has not been empirically addressed is the age structure of victimization from terrorist activity and civil strife. To explore the relationship between age and terrorist victimization, data on fatalities resulting from political violence were analyzed from Nothern Ireland (1965-1985), Spain (1975-1985), and Italy (1970-1981). The results revealed that all three countries shared an age-sex profile of victims that was disproportionately young and male. In all three countries the very young and the elderly were the least likely to be killed in civil strife and terrorist campaigns. Age was clearly related to how people become fatalities in each of the three countries, with the percentage of fatalities who were apparently innocent victims of violence increasing with age. The elderly who did become victims were not participants in violent activities nor were they specifically selected as targets but were most likely to be the innocent victims of indiscriminate violence. The rate of victimization of the elderly appeared to be low in countries where terrorist groups focused on combatants and somewhat higher in countries where terrorism was indiscriminate. (Author/NB) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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