Preventing Future Terrorism: Intervening on Youth Radicalization

Siegel, Alana; Brickman, Sophie; Goldberg, Zoe; Pat‐Horenczyk, Ruth

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-15872-9_19

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“…Western governments increasingly recognise radicalisation of citizens, particularly of youths and young adults, as a serious and growing threat to domestic security (Siegel et al ., 2019). Some child protection specialists mirror the concern about youth radicalisation.…”

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Recognising and responding to radicalisation at the ‘frontline’: Assessing the capability of school teachers to recognise and respond to radicalisation

Parker

Lindekilde

Gøtzsche‐Astrup

2020

British Educational Res J

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Governments across the west have put teachers at the forefront of efforts to tackle radicalisation of young people based on their proximity to potentially vulnerable students. This has proven controversial, as critics claim that this securitises teachers’ work and that they cannot be expected to accurately identify and respond to extremism. Despite investment in P/CVE teacher training, research to assess teachers’ competence to identify signs of radicalisation and to respond in an appropriate manner is scarce. This article presents findings from a survey experiment with 2,173 teachers in Great Britain and Denmark. It shows that British and Danish teachers largely recognise radicalisation cues and respond to student radicalisation in similar ways. However, our data shows that British teachers are more likely than Danish teachers to react formally (e.g. report to authorities), and that British teachers feel more confident in reacting to signs of radicalisation. The results enhance our understanding of the effects of radicalisation prevention in schools. Furthermore, they challenge arguments within the extant literature by suggesting that what leads to concerns of radicalisation is not entirely subjective or completely context dependent.

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Recognising and responding to radicalisation at the ‘frontline’: Assessing the capability of school teachers to recognise and respond to radicalisation

Parker

Lindekilde

Gøtzsche‐Astrup

2020

British Educational Res J

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“…Siegel et al [ 41 ] reviewed theoretical explanations of radicalisation using a trauma-informed perspective to examine risk factors. They identified overlapping factors in family, school, prison, community, governmental (e.g., resource provision to schools, prisoner aftercare, public–private partnerships, financial support services, internet monitoring and law enforcement) and internet environments that together contribute to radicalisation in different countries (e.g., US, Europe and Australia), rather than simply the content of online material alone.…”

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Public Mental Health Approaches to Online Radicalisation: An Empty Systematic Review

Mughal,

DeMarinis,

Nordendahl

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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This systematic review seeks to position online radicalisation within whole system frameworks incorporating individual, family, community and wider structural influences whilst reporting evidence of public mental health approaches for individuals engaging in radical online content. Methods: the authors searched Medline (via Ovid), PsycInfo (via Ebscohost) and Web of Science (Core Collection) with the use of Boolean operators across “extremism”, “online content” and “intervention”. Results: Following full-text assessments, all retrieved papers were excluded. No publications fulfilled the primary objective of reporting public mental health interventions specifically addressing online radicalisation. However, six publications fulfilled the secondary objective of identifying theoretical and conceptual relationships amongst elements in the three inclusion criteria (online extremism, psychological outcomes and intervention strategy) that could inform interventions within public mental health frameworks. These publications were quality assessed and discussed following the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care guide for reporting empty reviews. Conclusions: there is an immediate need for further research in this field given the increase in different factions of radicalised beliefs resulting from online, particularly social media, usage.

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“…In this regard, research has lent some support to the notion that people who feel disconnected from society present a higher risk of engaging in terrorism (Ellis & Abdi, 2017). This tendency has been found in various aggravated groups and individuals, such as lower-class groups (Scull et al, 2020), convicts (Siegel et al, 2019), immigrants (Lyons-Padilla et al, 2015), refugees (Ellis et al, 2015), individuals isolated from family and friends (Silke, 2008), and people who suffer socioeconomic marginalization (Gouda & Marktanner, 2019). In fact, many of the programs aimed at preventing violent extremism find their basis in addressing issues such as marginalization and other related variables (Stephens et al, 2019).…”

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Disconnected Out of Passion: Relationship Between Social Alienation and Obsessive Passion

Lobato¹,

García-Coll

Moyano

2022

J Interpers Violence

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Violent radicalization continues to be a global problem. One of the main proposals for understanding radicalization and support for political violence is based on social alienation as a trigger. That is, individuals who feel alienated from society try to get out of this situation by using violence, if necessary. However, social alienation alone is not enough to explain radicalization. Therefore, we propose that social alienation interacts with other factors to foster radicalization. Particularly, we propose that obsessive passion, an internal compulsion that leads a person to engage in an activity even when they should not, is one of the interacting factors. Following previous literature, we hypothesized that higher social alienation predicts support for political violence to a greater extent the higher the obsessive passion. To test this hypothesis, we performed two studies in which the cause of passion varied (religion: N = 652 and family: N = 873). Both studies assessed social alienation, harmonious and obsessive passion, and support for political violence. The results showed a significant increase in the effect of social alienation on support for political violence when obsessive passion was higher, even controlling by harmonious passion. These results highlight the importance of considering other variables related to social alienation that could facilitate radicalization processes, particularly maintaining an obsessive passion for a cause when one feels a social disconnection. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed given their contributions to prevention based on work on feelings of social disconnection and harmonization of causes.

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Preventing Future Terrorism: Intervening on Youth Radicalization

Cited by 13 publications

References 58 publications

Recognising and responding to radicalisation at the ‘frontline’: Assessing the capability of school teachers to recognise and respond to radicalisation

Recognising and responding to radicalisation at the ‘frontline’: Assessing the capability of school teachers to recognise and respond to radicalisation

Public Mental Health Approaches to Online Radicalisation: An Empty Systematic Review

Disconnected Out of Passion: Relationship Between Social Alienation and Obsessive Passion

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