The Relationship Between Mental Health Problems and Terrorism
Prevalence of mental health problems Current research challenges reductive, either-or approaches to the role and significance of mental health disorders in terrorism. Instead, it…
Behavioural-Focused Protective Security Programmes
Research on the motivations and barriers for public reporting of suspicious behaviours linked to terrorism – broadly defined as anything that appears out of…
Extremist Risk Assessment
Although there is broad consensus on the risk factors associated with violent extremism, in most cases they have not been properly evaluated. Few studies…
Economic Influences on Radicalisation
Debate remains in virtually all areas of research about the relationship between economics and radicalisation. Studies assessing the relationship between levels of terrorism and…
Right-Wing Terrorism: Pathways and Protective Factors
Ideology is not typically a strong motivator in right-wing extremists’ decision to join extremist groups. By contrast, the violence, music and aesthetics associated with…
After 8chan
A summary of the rise and fall of 8chan, its role within the online far-right ecosystem, and the extent to which its successor, 8kun,…
Managing Terrorism-Related Offenders in Prison
Problems Identifying prison radicalisation and those driving it is difficult. Dedicated prison intelligence units that liaise with law enforcement and intelligence agencies can support…
CREST Round-up: October 2020
This is a round-up of what CREST has been up to in October 2020. Stay up to date with all our work by signing…
/K/ and the Visual Culture of Weapons Boards
How much should we be concerned about weapons boards within the landscape of chan culture and online radicalisation? In recent years, the study of online radicalisation,…
The Violent Extremist Lifecycle: Lessons from Northern Ireland
This guide draws on a reanalysis of interview data from the 1980s and 90s that explored the lifecycle phases among loyalist and republican paramilitaries…
CREST Round-up: September 2020
This is a round-up of what CREST has been up to in September 2020. Stay up to date with all our work by signing…
Eliciting information from memory about criminal gangs and terrorist cells
A new method for supporting the recall of information from memory has been devised to help source handlers elicit information about people involved in…