scholarly journals Are suicide attacks irrational?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minh-Hoang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Cycle Of Violence ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Suicide Attacks ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Mutual Communication ◽  
The U.S

The thing or action that we deem irrational can be perceived as rational by other people just because humans do not always stand on a similar viewpoint. So do the U.S. and the suicide attackers. Perhaps, mutual communication and trust-building activities are the keys to end this vicious cycle of violence.

scholarly journals Military and monetary power: Are they the right counter-terrorism strategies?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minh-Hoang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Suicide Attacks ◽  
Global Terrorism ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
The Right ◽  
Global War

Two-century efforts of the global war on terror, using overwhelming monetary power and modern destructive weapons, still could not obliterate terrorism. The suicide attacks into Kabul airport are evidence of the existing risks of the return of global terrorism. They, terrorists, might come back stronger and deadlier, using the weapons that used to belong to counter-terrorism fighters to damage their homeland. So, is it time to rethink the grand global counter-terrorism strategies? In my opinion, terrorism can be countered by neither modern military weapons, technologies, nor monetary power but through trust-based international collaboration and trust-building activities

Influence of Cross-Cultural Competence on Trust Building for the U.S. Military

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecily E.E. Mccoy ◽  
Sandra C. Hughes ◽  
Gabriella Severe
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals It’s Wrong, but that’s the Way it is. Youth, Violence and Justice in North-Eastern Brazil

2020 ◽  
pp. 096466392091596
Author(s):  
Peter Anton Zoettl
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Youth Violence ◽  
The State ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cycle Of Violence ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Large Sections

This article discusses the vertiginous proliferation of violence suffered and perpetrated by juveniles in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil. Based on documentary and ethnographic evidence, it anatomizes the workings of law enforcement, juvenile justice and juvenile custody. It argues that the strategies of the police, the criminologies put into practice by the judiciary and the functioning of Youth Detention Centres collaborate to foster, rather than curb, youth offending and the violence committed by and against young citizens. Whereas prosecution and the dispensation of justice emphasize juvenile offenders’ responsibility for their ‘decision’ to become a ‘bandit’, juvenile custody, as a result of deep-rooted clientelist practices, is dominated by precarious conditions of incarceration which promote internal violence and the (self)ascription of a deviant juvenile identity. At the same time, the Othering of large sections of youth from the urban periphery has fuelled a vicious cycle of violence and counter-violence between members of drug factions and police forces, resulting in an increasing illegibility of the state at its margins.

Narratives of Victims and Villains in Kosovo

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 665-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Zdravković-Zonta
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Cycle Of Violence ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Ideological Criticism ◽  
The Past

This article uses ideological criticism to examine how and why victimage, identity and nationalism are produced through everyday discursive practices of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo. Wander contends that the ideological turn in criticism confronts and studies what is professed and obscure, and Greene argues that part of this criticism involves unmasking forms of domination. Examining cultural or rhetorical narratives is part of ideological criticism. The narratives in this study can be regarded as competing vernacular memories representative of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo. The participants invoke personal and collective memories with official national histories to explain contemporary victimization as a continuance of historical victimage. This use of the past can serve to legitimize their national and political claims, as well as to justify violence against the other group, since historical victimage provides a rationale for hating the other group and perpetuating a vicious cycle of violence.

Is there a female cycle of violence after exposure to childhood maltreatment? A meta-analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1776-1786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mareike Augsburger ◽  
Kayley Basler ◽  
Andreas Maercker
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Cycle Of Violence ◽  
Small Range ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Meta Analyses

AbstractSeveral studies have demonstrated a vicious cycle of violence, in which experiences of childhood maltreatment (CM) transition into later perpetration of aggressive acts. But evidence for the presence of this cycle in adult women is mixed. The aim of this meta-analysis is to investigate the strength of associations and the mechanisms underlying a cycle of violence in women. Databases were searched for terms related to female aggression, violence, delinquency, antisocial behavior, or offending in addition to exposure to traumatic experiences, abuse, or maltreatment during childhood. Only peer-reviewed studies were included that investigated associations between any type of CM and different acts of aggression. Multi-level meta-analyses were applied, as well as meta-regressions, all based on Cohen's d. K = 34 studies were identified. The overall association between exposure to CM was in the positive but small range (Cohen's d = 0.30). There was no significant difference between specific types of abuse and/or neglect. However, associations were smaller for the perpetration of sexual aggression and violent crime compared with other acts of aggression. These findings underline the long-lasting and devastating impact of CM, including types of maltreatment that were long assumed to be less severe. Due to the limited number of available studies, interactions between types of CM and aggression could not be modeled, thus compromising their probable interacting contribution to the cycle of violence. Early interventions targeting families and women at risk are critical in order to prevent ongoing cycles of violence.

The Cycle of Violence Revisited: Distinguishing Intimate Partner Violence Offenders Only, Victims Only, and Victim-Offenders

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara N. Richards ◽  
Elizabeth Tomsich ◽  
Angela R. Gover ◽  
Wesley G. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Cycle Of Violence ◽  
Physical Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Witnessing Violence ◽  
Ipv Perpetration ◽  
The U.S

Using a cycle of violence framework, we investigated experiences with physical intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, perpetration, and both IPV victimization and perpetration (IPV overlap). Data included the U.S. subsample of college students in the International Dating Violence Study (n = 4,162). Findings indicated that 40% of participants reported lifetime IPV, with 28% reporting membership in the overlap group. Cycle of violence variables including child sexual abuse, witnessing violence inside the home during childhood, and witnessing violence outside the home during childhood were uniquely related to membership in the overlap group. No relationship between cycle of violence variables and IPV victimization only or IPV perpetration only was identified. Results suggested the cycle of violence might predominantly operate among individuals who are both IPV victims and offenders, rather than among individuals experiencing IPV victimization or perpetrate IPV exclusively.

Secular/Religious Myths of Violence: The Case of Nizārī Ismailis of the Alamūt Period

2019 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
Daryoush Mohammad Poor
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Cycle Of Violence ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
False Dichotomy

Abstract Contemporary narratives of violence, particularly in the aftermaths of the most recent expressions of violence by the so-called ‘Islamist’ groups have rekindled the false dichotomy of religious versus secular violence. Such a deforming prism which has also become dominant in political science traces the origins of violence to faith communities in medieval times and, among others, to Nizārī Ismailis, with whom the myth of the assassins have been associated. Despite the ground-breaking works of prominent scholars of Ismaili studies, the myth of the assassins still remains powerful in some disciplines including political theory. This paper deconstructs this narrative and attempts to highlight the agencies of individuals and communities, as human agents, as opposed to essentialist narratives in which faith, or a particular faith, in its abstraction, becomes responsible for the outbreak of violence. Moving beyond reductionist narratives of violence is critical for breaking the vicious cycle of violence which besets human societies around the globe.

scholarly journals The vernacular discourses of historical victimage of Kosovo Serbs and Albanians

Balcanica ◽  
2005 ◽  
pp. 83-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Zdravkovic
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Cycle Of Violence ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Ideological Criticism ◽  
Intractable Conflict ◽  
The Past

This ideological criticism study examines the vernacular discourses of historical victim age of Kosovo Serbs and Albanians. The participants amalgamate personal and collective memories with official national histories to explain present victimization as a continuance of historical victim age. This use of the past legitimizes their national and political claims, and also justifies violence against the other group. Historical victim age offers a rationale for hating the Other and perpetuating a vicious cycle of violence in intractable conflict.

Accountability and Trust in Government: What’s Next?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 343-350
Author(s):  
Kathryn Newcomer
Keyword(s):  
Public Institutions ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Trust In Government ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The U.S

During the last four years the need for trustworthy leaders who possess both integrity and courage toaddress societal needs and inequities in the U.S. was highlighted, as has been the need for a trust-worthy government. A global pandemic and weakened economy have made it is highly unlikely that governments across the world will return to the old normal, but where do we go from here? Drawing upon the experience in U.S., I discuss what efforts are needed to rebuild accountability, trustworthy governments, and trust in public institutions across the globe. I discuss what the exercise of accountability involves, and describe how authentic evidence-building may support both accountability and trust-building. I also highlight some challenges and opportunities to build trustworthy government and increase trust in government.

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