Dr Jonathan Kenyon

Dr Jonathan Kenyon is a BPS Chartered and HCPC Registered Psychologist. He currently works as a Senior National Specialist Lead within the HMPPS Counter Terrorism Assessment and Rehabilitation Centre (CT-ARC). His research interests include pathways to lone-actor terrorism and exploring the role of the Internet in radicalisation and extremist offending. Previous publications include Lone-actor terrorism – A systematic literature review (Kenyon, Baker-Beall & Binder, 2021), Understanding the Role of the Internet in the Process of Radicalisation: An Analysis of Convicted Extremists in England and Wales (Kenyon, Binder & Baker-Beall, 2021a) and Online Radicalization: Profile and Risk Analysis of Individuals Convicted of Extremist Offences (Kenyon, Binder & Baker-Beall, 2021b).

Dr Kenyon’s research exploring the role of the Internet in radicalisation pathways and offending of convicted extremists has continued post-doctorate. The original analysis of 235 convicted extremists reported within the doctoral thesis has since been expanded to 437 individuals, including all those subject to risk reports from October 2010 to December 2021.