The use of the Internet for terrorist purposes is a rapidly growing phenomenon, requiring a proactive and coordinated response from Member States. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) plays a key role in providing assistance to Member States, in furtherance of its mandate to strengthen the capacity…
The Department of Health and the health sector are key partners in working to prevent vulnerable individuals from being drawn into terrorist-related activities. Most healthcare organisations at local level concluded that since Prevent is about recognising when vulnerable individuals are being exploited for terrorist-related activities, it follows that it is…
Democracy is currently well established in Sweden. The number of people active in violence-promoting extremist environments is, according to the Security Service, too limited to constitute a threat to the cornerstones of the democratic system. Sweden’s belief in democracy is strong, but there are tendencies suggesting that anti-democratic attitudes have…
Anders Behring Breivik’s massacre on July 22, 2011 showed the danger that a well-organized Lone Wolf could cause. The methodical and calculated way with which he prepared and justified his act awoke security services the world over as to the potential menace that this form of terrorism can pose. As…
After a brief discussion of the epistemological and phenomenological difficulties associated with the concept of lone wolf terrorism, a number of possible counter-terrorist approaches are discussed. Lone operator terrorist acts should be considered ‘black swan’ occurrences that are almost impossible to categorize or systematize, let alone forecast. Thus, not the…
This report discusses white working-class perspectives on community cohesion and the impact of social change. Community cohesion has been influential in shaping government policy since the 2001 disturbances in Burnley, Oldham and Bradford. During this period, few studies have assessed the contribution of white working-class communities to cohesion. This has…
The English Defence League (EDL) is the biggest populist street movement in a generation. Yet the make-up of the group and what its members believe remain a mystery because it has no formal joining procedures or membership list and much of its activity takes place online., While leaders of the…
Background and Objective: Research into radicalization does not pay much attention to education. This is remarkable and possibly misses an important influence on the process of radicalization. Therefore this article sets out to explore the relation between education on the one hand and the onset or prevention of radicalization on…
This report examines factors (social, psychological and physical) that make a person more vulnerable or more resistant to participation in Al Qa’ida (AQ)-influenced violent extremism. Findings show that individuals involved in AQ-influenced violent extremism are demographically unremarkable and do not stand out as being different from other members of their…
This policy brief profiles a community counterradicalization program in the United Kingdom known as STREET as a case study of that country’s Prevent strategy. The brief examines how STREET operates and why it appears to be so successful and attempts to identify lessons in good practices that might be applicable…
This contract is concluded between the State, represented by the préfet of the regional department and the newly arrived in France. This contract was made generally available and mandatory from 1st January 2007. Non-compliance to this contract may result in non-renewal of residence permit.
An evaluation of work to tackle racist violence in three areas of London. The initiatives that are examined include Working with Men for deployment of an independent youth worker in Greenwich, Leap Confronting Conflict, for a ‘peer education’ project in Bexley and the Searchlight Educational Trust, for sports-linked work in…
