Steven Windisch
Assistant Professor, Temple University.
Steven's research is grounded upon developmental and life course criminology and a symbolic interactionist perspective. Both theoretical perspectives stress the importance of studying temporal within-individual changes over the life course and how these experiences define the world and influence how individuals interact with others.
Steven's research breaks away from approaches limited to specific phases of the extremist’s life course, such as their period of incarceration. Instead, his research emphasizes the accumulation of risk factors (e.g., physical abuse) and life events (e.g., divorce) that occur during childhood, adolescence, or adulthood and how these experiences increase one’s susceptibility to accepting extremist beliefs.
