Journal abstract The appropriateness of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy, known as CONTEST, divides opinion. This article reassesses CONTEST as strategy rather than simply examining its effectiveness as policy, or[…]
Journal abstract Despite the exponential growth in research on domestic counterterrorism over the past decade, relatively little is known about the actual effectiveness of specific counterterrorism policies in disrupting targeted[…]
This is not a research resource. This is a guide produced by the UK Government, Department for Education, to help Headteachers and school staff identify some of the propaganda and[…]
With British schools now under a legal duty to monitor children’s risk of radicalisation, teachers now have the daunting prospect of planning how they are going to go about it.[…]
Schools will have a legal duty to prevent their pupils being drawn into terrorism from July 1, when new counter-terrorism guidelines come into force. In many ways this is nothing[…]
Schools are increasingly seen as being on the front-lines of the battle to prevent extremism. Their duty to prevent extremism has now been enshrined in law in Section 26 of[…]
Publisher’s description Extremism is a huge concern across the world right now, fuelled by its links to terrorism and religious fundamentalism. This book explores the relationship of education to extremism[…]
Publisher’s description First-place winner of the Society for Education Studies’ 2005 book prize, Education and Conflict is a critical review of education in an international context. Based on the author’s[…]
This is not a research-based resource. It is a policy document produced by the UK Government in 2012 (although these links are to the April 2015 updated version) to give[…]
Journal abstract Quantitative results are reported of a longitudinal evaluation of a resilience training as a possible method to prevent violent radicalization (Diamant; SIPI, 2010). A total of 46 male[…]
A micro-sociological analysis of homegrown violent extremist attacks in the UK in 201717 April, 2019
Tunisian terrorist fighters: a grassroots perspective15 April, 2019Ostracism promotes a terroristic mindset12 April, 2019The radicalization of the Kanes: family as a primary group influence?10 April, 2019