While a growing body of evidence suggests that the Internet is a key facilitator of violent
extremism, research in this area has rarely incorporated former extremists' experiences with …

Questions about why and how terrorist groups, radical milieus and the individuals that
comprise them do not carry out more violence than they do–particularly when they …

Terrorism Studies as a specific area of research came to prominence in the aftermath of the
September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks in the USA, but had existed across a range of …

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 …

This study examines early intervention against individual radicalization. The data originate
from interviews with young Muslims in Norway who had experienced interventions related to …

Many researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers continue to raise questions about the
role of the Internet in facilitating violent extremism and terrorism. A surge in research on this …

Frontline professionals such as social workers and civil servants play a crucial role in
countering violent extremism. Because of their direct contact with society, firstliners are …

Most groups do less violence than they are capable of. Yet while there is now an extensive
literature on the escalation of or radicalisation towards violence, particularly by …

Abstract Research summary We compare European and North American radicalization
trajectories that led to involvement in terrorist violence (n= 103) with those for which this …

While progress has been made to understand mid-life correlates associated with extremist
participation, much less research focuses on adolescent risk factors. The purpose of the …