Chapter summary Politicians, public officials, and scholars have been scrupulous, for the most part, in denying any direct causal relationship between Islam and terrorism, and more generally between being religious[…]
Journal abstract Little of the discussion of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq is informed by primary data derived from talking with the foreign fighters. This article reports some initial[…]
Journal abstract Recent scholarship has called for additional research into the role of charismatic authority in terrorist groups and the process of radicalization. However, the sociological concepts of charisma and[…]
Publisher’s description This book provides a sociological interpretation of the phenomenon of new religious movements. While the author does not offer an apologia for cults–in either a religious or a[…]
The Base Rate Study: Developing Base Rates for Risk Factors and Indicators for Engagement in Violent Extremism5 August, 2020
Combating Violent Extremism: Voices of Former Right-Wing Extremists3 August, 2020
The Prevent Duty in Education: Impact, Enactment and Implications31 July, 2020
Lessons from September 11 about the post-conflict threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters29 July, 2020