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Misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda are core components of radicalisation and extremism and apply equally to Islamist radicalisation and the generation of Islamophobia. One method…
In October 2018 and November 2019, Europol conducted two Action Days geared towards meaningfully disrupting jihadist networks on Telegram – a social media platform…
Several violent far-right attacks in recent years have revealed an apparent connection with ‘chan culture’, not just in the tangible examples of attackers uploading…
All people, young and old, are involved in the process of learning and passing on ideas, beliefs, and practices that are important to them….
Law enforcement professionals who investigate online child exploitation can be continually exposed to traumatising visual images in their jobs for significant periods – this…
Throughout their careers, police officers are exposed to an estimated 900 traumatic events (McQuerrey Tuttle et al., 2019) which, coupled with organisational stressors, contribute…
What are the contributing factors to moral injury in child exploitation investigators, and how can these factors be mitigated? Throughout their careers, police officers…
The overwhelming majority of P/CVE programmes have not been subject to formal evaluation. Where evaluations have taken place, they can fall short of the…
Some communities have disproportionately more contact with the counter-terrorism system. Qualitative studies suggest that British Muslims and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities…
Terrorism-related simulations have been used for a variety of purposes including testing and validating existing plans and procedures; evaluating performance; improving the capabilities and…
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…
Research on the motivations and barriers for public reporting of suspicious behaviours linked to terrorism – broadly defined as anything that appears out of…