Women’s Roles in Terrorism
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The objectives of this research article are to study the motivations roles and processes of women’s involvement in terrorism, including seeking proper prevention and other relevant measures. This study is qualitative research based on documents and various media. At the same time, the theories of criminology, social science, and political science are used as a guiding framework for the study. The research results found that terrorism by women is another form that has been used by foreign terrorist groups. However, they are not properly aware or monitored. Women in southern border provinces of Thailand have also involved with the insurgent group. They have been recruited, mostly by family members, using political religious and personal issues as factors to stimulate them to join the group. Women’s roles in the insurgent group are first aid, transportation, revenue, and information gathering, which help drive violence in terrorism. Therefore, recommendations in this study are to increase preventing measures on women in terrorism and applying criminology theories in the process of making relevant policy.
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