Conceptualizing Terrorism
Publisher’s description Conceptualizing Terrorism argues that, in the post 9/11 world, the need for an internationally agreed definition of terrorism is more important than it has ever been, despite the[…]
Category: Terms and Definitions
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Twenty-first century jihad: Law, society and military action
Publisher’s description The term ‘jihad’ has come to be used as a byword for fanaticism and Islam’s allegedly implacable hostility towards the West. But, like other religious and political concepts,[…]
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Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge: European and American Experiences
Publisher’s description Osama bin Laden’s demise in May 2011 marked only the symbolic end of an era. By the time of his killing, he no longer represented the Robin Hood[…]
Disengagement, De-radicalization and the Arc of Terrorism: Future Directions for Research
This chapter is part of an edited collection, ‘Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge‘, which is also included on this site. The reason for including this chapter separately is that[…]
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Radicalisation: The Journey of a Concept
Journal abstract Since 2004, the term ‘radicalisation’ has become central to terrorism studies and counter-terrorism policy-making. As US and European governments have focused on stemming ‘home-grown’ Islamist political violence, the[…]
Social Network Analysis and Small Group ‘Dark’ Networks: An Analysis of the London Bombers and the Problem of ‘Fuzzy’ Boundaries
Journal abstract Social network analysis (SNA) is believed to be capable of revealing significant insights into crime and terror groups, including identifying important individuals and unique approaches to disruption. However,[…]
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British Muslim youth: radicalisation, terrorism and the construction of the “other”
Journal abstract Academic interest in Muslim youth, Islam, radicalisation and Islamic-inspired terrorism exploded in the aftermath of 9/11, aimed at discovering the connection between Islam and terrorism, radicalisation and terrorism[…]
The individual risk assessment of terrorism
Journal abstract I attempt to identify the central conceptual and methodological challenges that must be overcome if the risk assessment of terrorism is to make the same progress that in[…]
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The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
Publisher’s description The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Fifth Edition, discusses the psychology of criminal behavior, drawing upon general personality, as well as cognitive-behavioral and cognitive social learning perspectives. The book[…]
What’s so ‘religious’ about ‘religious terrorism’?
This article focuses on the concept ‘religious terrorism’ and assesses its validity and some of the effects of its usage. The authors argue that ‘religious terrorism’ is both conceptually suspect as well as empirically problematic.
Disengagement from Political Violence and Deradicalization: A Narrative-Dialogical Perspective20 April, 2018
Subjectivity in detection of radicalisation and violent extremism: a youth worker’s perspective19 April, 2018- Peacebuilding Beyond Terrorism? Revisiting the Narratives of the Basque Conflict18 April, 2018
Radicalization to Violence: A Pathway Approach to Studying Extremism17 April, 2018