For this midterm assignment, you will write a college level research paper describing the psychological and
behavioral factors of individual terrorists (i.e. recruits and suicide bombers; not terrorist leaders such as Bin
Laden).
Note: you will address different radicalization processes/models in the final paper such as Moghaddam's
Staircase, so you only need to research and discuss individual psychological and behavioral factors in this
paper. Also remember that "psychological" does not mean "psychotic" and we are only addressing those of
sound mind who deliberately choose violence for a political purpose, or retribution or to instill fear (not crazy
mass shooters).
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