Mark Lindsay’s research while affiliated with University of Maryland, Baltimore and other places

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Suicide Bombers: Are Psychological Profiles Possible?
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July 2004

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Mark Lindsay

Research on the characteristics of suicide bombers is reviewed. Contrary to previous commentary, it is suggested that suicide bombers may share personality traits (such as the "authoritarian personality") that psychological profiles of suicide bombers might be feasible, and that the suicide bombers may be characterized by the risk factors that increase the probability of suicide.‐

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... Police risk increases when offenders have suicidal ideations and are attempting to commit "suicide by cop" (Mohandie et al., 2009). Suicide by cop refers to the offender's intentional provocation of police, knowing officers will fire in life-threatening situations (Lindsay & Lester, 2004). Mohandie et al. (2009) find those attempting suicide by cop had a firearm 60% of the time, and half of those with a firearm discharged it at the police during the encounter. ...

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Police Victimized by Firearms During Mass Shootings (1966–2019)
Suicide by cop: Committing suicide by provoking police to shoot you (Title and Contents pages only)

... As Corner and the coauthors write "mental health problems and terrorist behaviour should not be treated as a yes/no dichotomy" (Corner et al., 2016, p. 560). However, it has been possible to identify some terrorist traits of suicide bombers similar to an authoritarian personality (Lester et al., 2004), a lower level of ego strength, an avoidant personality style, an emotionally unstable style or symptoms of depression (Merari et al., 2009). An important motivating factor is the previously mentioned lack of a sense of meaning and significance that a radicalised, fundamentalist version of religion is supposed to provide (Kruglanski et al., 2009). ...

Suicide Bombers: Are Psychological Profiles Possible?