ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the outcomes of political violence, especially violence committed by armed groups. It aims to stimulate further work on the outcomes of political violence. The literature on political violence and terrorism has grown massively since 9/11, but has so far been mostly silent about outcomes. Internal biographical impacts of political violence are profound effects on the life-course of individuals who have participated in political violent activities effects that have been brought about at least in part owing to their involvement in those activities. Several external biographical effects of political violence derive from life-course patterns of armed groups' targets. The study of political-violence outcomes has a number of ethical, theoretical and methodological challenges connected with it. Regarding ethical problems, although it is widely recognized that non-violent protests can produce important results, the same cannot be said of political violence and terrorism. We have offered systematic schema for considering die range of potential outcomes associated with political violence.
