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Michele Grossman, Paul Thomas

Podcast: An interview with Paul Thomas on 'Responding to the Threat of Violent Extremism: Failing to Prevent'

Paul Gill, Bettina Rottweiler, Caitlin Clemmow

The Personality Types that Amplify or Diminish the Relationship Between COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and Support for Anti-Government Violence

Gulnaz Razdykova, Noah Tucker, Heidi Ellis, Robert Orell, Dina Birman, Stevan Weine

Operation Jusan in Year 4: Understanding and Addressing Present and Future Needs

The role of social media in far-right violence

Olivia Brown, Laura G. E. Smith, Brittany Davidson, Adam Joinson

Online Signals of Extremist Mobilisation

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Understanding Interactions between Conspiracy Communities and Far Right Groups on Telegram and the Role of Figureheads

CREST in numbers 2024

Poster | Special |

CREST Catalogue

Introducing SHIFT Analysis and Understanding Intra-actions within QAnon: Co-presence of Conspiracy Beliefs and Extremism

Bettina Rottweiler, Paul Gill

Conspiracy Theories and Extremism: Meta-Analysis of Psychological, Cognitive and Personality Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs

Allysa Czerwinsky

Beyond the ‘Incel Attacker’: Media Reporting on Cases of Misogynist Violence

Nicola Power, Charlotte Betts, Richard Philpot, Mark Levine

Enhancing Interoperability Training: Insights from UK Emergency Responders

Hanna Rigault Arkhis

Women’s involvement in online white nationalism: A Good Lives Model perspective

Historical Context and the Good Lives Model

James Lewis, Sarah Marsden, James Hewitt, Anne Peterscheck

Trauma, Adversity & Violent Extremism: A Systematic Review

James Hewitt, Anne Peterscheck, Sarah Marsden, James Lewis

Trauma, Adversity & Violent Extremism: Workshop Report

Nicola Power, Mark Levine, Richard Philpot, Jennifer Alcock

Bridging the Principle-Implementation Gap: Evaluating organisational change to achieve interoperability between the UK Emergency services

Nicola Power, Mark Levine, Richard Philpot, Jennifer Alcock

The Psychology Of Interoperability - Study Two Summary

Nadine Salman, Zainab Al-Attar, Grace McKenzie

Practitioner Perspectives on Counterterrorism and Neurodiversity

Nadine Salman, Zainab Al-Attar

Autism and Extremism: The Questions that Operational Practitioners Should be Asking

Nadine Salman, Zainab Al-Attar

Neurodivergence and Violent Extremism: 18 International Case Studies

Nadine Salman, Zainab Al-Attar

A Systematic Review of Neurodivergence, Vulnerability, and Risk in the Context of Violent Extremism

Nicola Power, Jennifer Alcock, Richard Philpot, Mark Levine

The Psychology of Interoperability: A Systematic Review of Joint Working Between the UK Emergency Services

Aldert Vrij, Sharon Leal

The Devil's Advocate interview protocol

Aldert Vrij, Sharon Leal

Verbal indicators of omission lies

Aldert Vrij, Sharon Leal

The Devil’s Advocate Approach

Narratives, techniques, and pathways: How the Islamic State Khorasan Province recruits Afghan students online

Rachel Monaghan, Bianca Slocombe, John Cuddihy, Neale Gregg

Prosecuting extremists in the United Kingdom Q&A

Hanna Paalgard Munden, Sarah Marsden, Md Kamruzzaman Bhuiyan, Lotta Rahlf, Hanna Rigault Arkhis, Aimee Taylor

Good Lives in Right-Wing Extremist Autobiographies

Mujammil Hussain, Jordan Nunan

Understanding Islam and Rapport Building with Muslims

Nicola Power, Mark Levine, Richard Philpot

The Psychology of Interoperability: A Systematic Review and Case Study from the UK Emergency Services

Rachel Monaghan, Bianca Slocombe, John Cuddihy, Neale Gregg

Prosecuting Extremists in the UK: An Exploration of Charging, Prosecution, and Sentencing Outcomes

Anastasia Kordoni, Shengnan Liu, Miriam Koschate-Reis, Mark Levine

Detecting Hybrid Social Identities: A Computational Analysis of Influence & Resilience in Online (RWE) Communities

Zoe Marchment, Paul Gill

How robust is the evidence base for the human ability to recognise suspicious activity/hostile reconnaissance?

Risky Business? Siege, subcultures, risk, and unintended consequences

Ben Lee, Sarah Marsden

LARPocalypse: Part Three - Subcultural Constraint

LARPocalypse: Part Two - Differential Participation in Siege Culture

LARPocalypse: Part One - Siege as a Subculture

CREST Impact Report 2023

James Lewis, James Hewitt, Sarah Marsden

Lived Experiences of Contact with Counter-Terrorism Policies and Practices

Rosie Mutton, James Lewis, Sarah Marsden

Public Mitigation of Terrorism Risk: A Rapid Review of the Literature

Rosie Mutton, James Lewis, Sarah Marsden

Online Radicalisation: A Rapid Review of the Literature

James Lewis, Sarah Marsden

Secondary Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Interventions: A Rapid Review of the Literature

Emily Winterbotham, Jessica White, Claudia Wallner, David McIlhatton

Evaluation Approaches for the Protection of Venues and Public Spaces from Terrorism

Nicola Power, Jennifer Alcock, Mark Levine, Richard Philpot

The Psychology of Interoperability - Study One Summary

Alexandra Phelan, Jessica White, Claudia Wallner, James Paterson

Misogyny, Hostile Beliefs and the Transmission of Extremism: A Comparison of the Far-Right in the UK and Australia

Incel and the Incelosphere: An overview of current research and understanding

Lie detectors: body language tells us surprisingly little about whether someone is being honest

Ben Lee, Deanna Reder, Cameron Greig

Timeline: Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism in the UK

Report | Poster | Special |

A data-driven analysis of incelosphere engagement by UK-based users

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