An Exploration of the Risk, Protective, and Mobilization Factors Related to Violent Extremism in College Populations

BruntBrian, Van; MurphyAmy,; ZedginidzeAnn,

doi:10.1089/vio.2017.0039

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“…Indeed, gang members and extremists have more delinquent friends and commit more crimes (whether offences against people or property) than do the other young people. It is interesting to note that extremists participating in the study regularly committed offences that were not politically motivated, yet another phenomenon recognized by other scholars (Kupatadze and Argomaniz, 2019;Mullins, 2016;Van Brunt et al, 2017;Vidino et al, 2017).…”

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Gang members and extremists in Switzerland: Similarities and differences

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Baier

Jacot

et al. 2021

European Journal of Criminology

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Scholars rarely compare youth gangs members and extremists. Yet, studies of gangs can yield relevant information on extremist groups, and vice versa. This article compares youth gang members with left-wing, right-wing and Islamist extremists. The aims of this article are to determine the prevalence of gang members and extremists among young people in Switzerland, to determine the overlap, if any, between gang members and extremists, and to analyse the differences and similarities of individual characteristics among the gang members and extremists, their delinquency and victimization. Comparisons of such groups may provide important insights into the individual members of these groups. The similarities between gang members and extremists could give us information for the prevention programmes. The study was based on a self-report survey completed by 8317 students of non-compulsory school age (about 17 years old) and living in Switzerland. The results show greater numbers of young people affiliated with gangs (6.6 percent) and left-wing extremism (6.2 percent), and more similarities between the members of gangs and left-wing extremists, compared with the other forms of extremism.

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confidence: 86%

Gang members and extremists in Switzerland: Similarities and differences

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Jacot

et al. 2021

European Journal of Criminology

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“…Van Brunt et al [11] suggested that radicalism and extremism can be considered a continuum. Based on the research desk, the authors provided a taxonomy of risk, protective, and mobilization factors.…”

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Making Sense of Language Signals for Monitoring Radicalization

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Understanding radicalization pathways, drivers, and factors is essential for the effective design of prevention and counter-radicalization programs. Traditionally, the primary methods used by social scientists to detect these drivers and factors include literature reviews, qualitative interviews, focus groups, and quantitative methods based on surveys. This article proposes to complement social science approaches with computational methods to detect these factors automatically by analyzing the language signals expressed in social networks. To this end, the article categorizes radicalization drivers and factors following the micro, meso, and macro levels used in the social sciences. It identifies the corresponding language signals and available language resources. Then, a computational system is developed to monitor these language signals. In addition, this article proposes semantic technologies since they offer unique exploration, query, and discovery capabilities. The system was evaluated based on a set of competency questions that show the benefits of this approach.

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“…The classification as a risk factor/protector is based on the findings of national and international studies, the evaluation of biographies of violent Islamist offenders carried out as part of the project and discussions with experts in the field of "state protection". For example, previous research findings [54][55][56][57] indicate that violent acts motivated by Islamism are committed almost exclusively by men. Furthermore, most perpetrators are under thirty years of age [55] and are usually not married.…”

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Instruments and Tools to Identify Radical Textual Content

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The Internet and social networks are increasingly becoming a media of extremist propaganda. On homepages, in forums or chats, extremists spread their ideologies and world views, which are often contrary to the basic liberal democratic values of the European Union. It is not uncommon that violence is used against those of different faiths, those who think differently, and members of social minorities. This paper presents a set of instruments and tools developed to help investigators to better address hybrid security threats, i.e., threats that combine physical and cyber attacks. These tools have been designed and developed to support security authorities in identifying extremist propaganda on the Internet and classifying it in terms of its degree of danger. This concerns both extremist content on freely accessible Internet pages and content in closed chats. We illustrate the functionalities of the tools through an example related to radicalisation detection; the data used here are just a few tweets, emails propaganda, and darknet posts. This work was supported by the EU granted PREVISION (Prediction and Visual Intelligence for Security Intelligence) project.

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An Exploration of the Risk, Protective, and Mobilization Factors Related to Violent Extremism in College Populations

Cited by 13 publications

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Gang members and extremists in Switzerland: Similarities and differences

Gang members and extremists in Switzerland: Similarities and differences

Making Sense of Language Signals for Monitoring Radicalization

Instruments and Tools to Identify Radical Textual Content

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