The Challenge of Radicalisation: a public health approach to understanding and intervention

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Challenge of Radicalisation

T2 - a public health approach to understanding and intervention

AU - Bhui, Kamaldeep

AU - Jones, Edgar

PY - 2017/8/3

Y1 - 2017/8/3

N2 - Radicalisation is the term proposed to explain how an apparently ordinary person can be transformed from a law-abiding citizen into a supporter of violent protest. It refers to a process of belief modification and requires a progression from feeling sympathy towards violence for a political goal to direct involvement in such activities. This paper explores the reasons why individuals are drawn to extreme movements and how approaches devised for public health can be applied to prevention. We argue for interventions at an early stage when ideas are beginning to take root in people vulnerable to the recruiter’s message and identify both protective and risk factors.

AB - Radicalisation is the term proposed to explain how an apparently ordinary person can be transformed from a law-abiding citizen into a supporter of violent protest. It refers to a process of belief modification and requires a progression from feeling sympathy towards violence for a political goal to direct involvement in such activities. This paper explores the reasons why individuals are drawn to extreme movements and how approaches devised for public health can be applied to prevention. We argue for interventions at an early stage when ideas are beginning to take root in people vulnerable to the recruiter’s message and identify both protective and risk factors.

U2 - 10.1080/02668734.2017.1354908

DO - 10.1080/02668734.2017.1354908

M3 - Article

SN - 0266-8734

SP - 1

EP - 10

JO - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

JF - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

ER -