A field-wide systematic review and meta-analysis of putative risk and protective factors for radicalization outcomes

M Wolfowicz, Y Litmanovitz, D Weisburd… - Journal of quantitative …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives This systematic review sought to collate and synthesize the risk and protective
factors for different outcomes of radicalization. We aimed to firstly quantify the effects of all …

[HTML][HTML] Terrorism, political extremism, and crime and criminal justice

JD Freilich, SM Chermak, RA Arietti… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
This review focuses on terrorism and extremist crimes, including ideologically motivated
hate crimes. Research on these topics has become more rigorous in recent decades, and …

Conspiracy beliefs and violent extremist intentions: The contingent effects of self-efficacy, self-control and law-related morality

B Rottweiler, P Gill - Terrorism and Political Violence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study analyzes the effects of conspiracy beliefs on violent extremist intentions. More
specifically, we investigate whether the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and violent …

The political consequences of depression: how conspiracy beliefs, participatory inclinations, and depression affect support for political violence

MA Baum, JN Druckman, MD Simonson… - American journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Depression can affect individuals' attitudes by enhancing cognitive biases and altering
perceptions of control. We investigate the relationship between depressive symptoms and …

Reviewing the links between violent extremism and personality, personality disorders, and psychopathy

E Corner, H Taylor, I Van Der Vegt, N Salman… - Violent …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Many early published analyses of the terrorist placed psychopathy as the core explanatory
variable for terrorist behaviour. This speculative opinion was derived mainly from popular …

Youth extremism as a response to global threats?

J Adam-Troian, A Tecmen, A Kaya - European Psychologist, 2021 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Violent extremism is rising across the globe as indicated by the growing number of attacks of
terrorist organizations. It is known that violent extremism is carried out mainly by young …

Individual and environmental explanations for violent extremist intentions: a German nationally representative survey study

B Rottweiler, P Gill, N Bouhana - Justice Quarterly, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines individual differences in violent extremist intentions. It combines key
criminological theories and concepts including situational action theory, social learning …

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Risk and protective profiles for vulnerability to radicalization

C Clemmow, B Rottweiler, M Wolfowicz… - Justice …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines how behavioral indicators co-occur as “risk profiles” across different
domains relevant to risk assessment as theorized by a Risk Analysis Framework, and how …

Exploring the relationship between opportunity and self-control in youth exposure to and sharing of online hate content

N Turner, TJ Holt, R Brewer, J Cale… - Terrorism and political …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The rise of the Internet has dramatically increased the degree to which youth may be
exposed to online hate content, and simplified the process of sharing this content with …

Strain theory, resilience, and far-right extremism: the impact of gender, life experiences and the internet

J Skoczylis, S Andrews - Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
There has been a notable increase in support for far-right ideologies across the West. The
seriousness of this threat has been acknowledged by the UK government which has banned …