{"id":18621,"date":"2016-09-20T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=18621"},"modified":"2016-12-20T10:38:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:38:15","slug":"examining-decision-making-child-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/examining-decision-making-child-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Examining Decision Making & Child Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christopher Faulkner<\/a>, Security Studies Ph.D. candidate, recently published an article,\u00a0“Money and Control: Rebel Groups and the Forcible Recruitment of Child Soldiers<\/a>.” \u00a0The article appeared in the journal African Security<\/em> and explores the factors impacting rebel groups\u2019 decision making when it comes to employing child soldiers.\u00a0 Faulkner hypothesizes that resource endowments at a rebel group\u2019s onset will impact their decision to use or forego the use of child soldiers.\u00a0 In addition, Faulkner contends that fluctuations in resources throughout a group\u2019s lifespan will impact the level at which a group forcibly recruits child soldiers.<\/p>\n

The article tests these hypotheses through a comparative case study of the National Resistance Army (NRA) and the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA), both operating in Uganda.\u00a0 The findings demonstrate that groups make strategic calculations about recruiting children as soldiers dependent upon the resources and support available at its formation.\u00a0 In addition, groups who choose to use child soldiers, such as the LRA, will become more violent and aggressive in their recruitment patterns when they see increases in their economic resource streams.\u00a0 Overall, this research shines light on the continued human rights issue of child soldiering and why groups may continue to employ children as primary fighters in conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christopher Faulkner, Security Studies Ph.D. candidate, recently published an article,\u00a0“Money and Control: Rebel Groups and the Forcible Recruitment of Child Soldiers.” \u00a0The article appeared in the journal African Security and explores the factors impacting rebel groups\u2019 decision making when it comes to employing child soldiers.\u00a0 Faulkner hypothesizes that resource endowments at a rebel group\u2019s onset […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[663],"class_list":["post-18621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ps-phd-highlight","category-political-science-departments","tag-christopher-faulkner"],"yoast_head":"\nExamining Decision Making & Child Soldiers - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/examining-decision-making-child-soldiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Examining Decision Making & Child Soldiers - 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