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In God’s Name: Violent Extremism in North East Nigeria
The expansion of the extremist violent acts of terror in the last two decades and their apparent entanglement with religion has generated an intense...
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Yearning for Old Time Religion in the Face of Globalization? Interpreting Fundamentalisms and Violent Extremism in Africa
There is an upsurge in violence that associated with religion in Africa, and in other parts of the world. Despite the generation of diverse theories...
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Mobilising Extremism in Times of Change: Analysing the UK’s Far-Right Online Content During the Pandemic
The growing dissension towards the political handling of COVID-19, widespread job losses, backlash to extended lockdowns, and hesitancy surrounding...
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Police Responses to Islamist Radicalisation and Violent Extremism
Across a turgid and often bitterly contested policy landscape police officers are expected to implement highly interventionist counter-terrorism...
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Being and Believing: Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006
After much debate, a manifesto pledge and a government defeat, the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 enacted offences of stirring up religious...
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The Evolution of the Terrorism and Extremism Landscape in the Age of COVID-19
The chapter examines how transnational terrorism has evolved since the twentieth century, focusing on the so-called religiously inspired wave that...
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Blurring the Boundaries of Mainstream and Extreme: Contexts and Contours of Right-Wing Extremism in Canada
This chapter provides an introduction to the landscape of right-wing extremismRight-wing extremism, definition in Canada. It opens with an...
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Far-Right Violence and Extremism: Global Convergence
In the current chapter, the authors explore the growing concerns around a globalized extreme-right movement. Discussion of the contradiction between...
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Beyond Black and White: the Intersection of Ideologies in Online Extremist Communities
Current literature on online criminal and deviant groups recognises the role of online forums in the transfer of knowledge and socialisation of...
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The Nexus of Right-Wing Extremism and the Canadian Armed Forces
In the early morning of July 2, 2020, 46-year-old Manitoban Corey Hurren drove his pickup truck through the front gates of Rideau Hall in Ottawa....
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Early detection of extremism? The local security professional on assessment of potential threats posed by youth
Frontline professionals such as social workers and civil servants play a crucial role in countering violent extremism. Because of their direct...
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Resilience against Political and Religious Extremism, Radicalization, and Related Violence: A Systematic Review of Studies on Protective Factors
Politically, islamist, or otherwise motivated extremism, radicalization, and violence are highly topical issues in many countries. Thousands of...
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Understanding Changes in Violent Extremist Attitudes During the Transition to Early Adulthood
ObjectivesThe current study seeks to explain changes in support for violent extremism during the transition to early adulthood. This period during...
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Risk Assessment—the Key to More Security? Factors, Tools, and Practices in Dealing with Extremist Individuals
In recent years, risk assessments for violent extremism have attracted great interest from both scholars and practitioners, and many assessment tools...
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Deconstructing Dominant Radicalization Discourse
This chapter provides insight into dominant counter-radicalization and violent extremism discourses, policies, and practices. As one of the most...
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Animal Rights Extremism and the Internet
Research on extremism and the Internet has primarily been concerned with violent Islamic groups and their networks and to a lesser extent far right...
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A Biographical Perspective on Processes of Radicalisation
This article reconstructs four ideal types of biographical self-descriptions outlining radicalisation processes that are based on longitudinal...
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More Than a Glance: Investigating the Differential Efficacy of Radicalizing Graphical Cues with Right-Wing Messages
In recent years, online radicalization has received increasing attention from researchers and policymakers, for instance, by analyzing online...
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Prison and Violent Political Extremism in the United States
ObjectivesIn the current study we consider the link between imprisonment and post-prison participation in violent political extremism. We examine...
