Journal abstract Terrorist organizations’ use of psychology in analysing psychological issues in the everyday lives of their members and developing coping strategies has not been sufficiently investigated in the terrorism[…]
Journal abstract The recent influx of foreign fighters into Syria, particularly those aligning with the Islamic State, has brought renewed attention to the security threat posed by people who cross[…]
Journal abstract Although research into the processes and outcomes of radicalization has yielded significant discoveries regarding antecedent risk factors and the role played by societal circumstances and individual variables, research[…]
Journal abstract This article reports on an intervention designed to prevent violent extremism in young UK Muslims, and provides an empirical assessment of its effectiveness. The course was designed to[…]
Publisher’s description In the tsunami of publications on terrorism which followed 9/11, few have probed effectively into the deeper layers of motivation that enable normal human beings to carry out[…]
Journal abstract Of great concern to policy makers and detention system administrators who face the need to release detainees suspected of terrorism is how to do so in ways that[…]
From publishers: Explores the ways in which people are radicalized, an issue that is particularly important to the public in the post-9/11 era Draws from a wide range of case[…]
From journal abstract: This article presents an analysis of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s English language publication Inspire that was conceptualized and conducted on the basis of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral[…]
Arguing that terrorist profiling has failed, this article gives a detailed and clear account of how other psychological approaches can lead to a better understanding of how people become terrorists.[…]
Study showing how people react to personal uncertainty by going to personal extremes (hardening of attitudes about social issues and groups). Summary This interesting research does not directly tackle extremism,[…]
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