Highlights•Identifies a three-factor model of radicalization and deradicalization.•Joining
extremist organizations serves a motive to earn personal significance.•Ideology and groups …

central issue with many interpretations of radicalization remains their tendency to
overemphasize the role of extremist beliefs in motivating involvement in terrorism. After …

This article seeks to re-ontologize online radicalization. Individuals becoming terrorists after
being exposed to online content have become a prescient concern for academics, policy …

In an increasingly digital world, identifying signs of online extremism sits at the top of the
priority list for counter-extremist agencies. Researchers and governments are investing in …

This article argues that to better understand involvement in terrorism, research needs to
focus on why most extremists will never actually commit such violence. It starts from the …

The policing landscape is changing. Systems and technologies labelled as 'predictive'and
'artificial intelligence'(AI) are growing in prominence and at an unprecedented rate. Powerful …

Challenges from Islamist militants have been an integral part of Bangladesh's political
landscape since the 1980s. Islamist militancy has passed through different phases of silent …

The study of terrorism represents one of the major turning points in criminology of the twenty-
first century. In the space of just two decades, research on terrorism and political extremism …

The number of people incarcerated for extremist actions has grown over the past decades.
The resulting prospect of prison radicalization has contributed to widespread risk …

ABSTRACT A key challenge within the (violent) extremism research field is building a
comprehensive understanding of the process toward (violent) extremism. The lack of …