FAQs
Prevent duty training: Learn how to support people susceptible to radicalisation. Prevent sits alongside long-established safeguarding duties on professionals to protect people from a range of other harms such as substance abuse, involvement in gangs and physical and sexual exploitation.
What factors do you think may make a person more susceptible to radicalisation? ›
Push factors may include a learner feeling:
- isolated.
- they do not belong.
- they have no purpose.
- low self-esteem.
- their aspirations are unmet.
- anger or frustration.
- a sense of injustice.
- confused about life or the world.
Introduction. Radicalisation is defined as the process by which people come to support terrorism and extremism and, in some cases, to then participate in terrorist groups.
What are the three step process recommended by the Prevent strategy? ›
Prevent remains one of the key pillars of CONTEST, alongside the other three 'P' work strands: Prevent: to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. Pursue: to stop terrorist attacks. Protect: to strengthen our protection against a terrorist attack.
What can be done to help reduce the risk of people being radicalised? ›
Share a concern
You're best placed to spot when something's not right with someone close. So trust your instincts and tell us your concerns in confidence. The earlier you tell us your worries, the quicker we can get the person you care about the help they need to protect them from being groomed and radicalised.
Who is vulnerable to radicalisation? ›
Anyone can be radicalised, but factors such as being easily influenced and impressionable make children and young people particularly vulnerable. Children who are at risk of radicalisation may have low self-esteem or be victims of bullying or discrimination.
What other ways do you think people can be radicalised? ›
How does radicalisation happen?
- being groomed online or in person.
- exploitation, including sexual exploitation.
- psychological manipulation.
- exposure to violent material and other inappropriate information.
- the risk of physical harm or death through extremist acts.
Radicalisation as a four stage process
- Pre-radical. The person joins or identifies with a group or organisation.
- Self-identify. The person believes and accepts the beliefs and views held by the group or organisation.
- Indoctrination. ...
- Terrorism.
Prevent referrals
- tackle the causes of radicalisation and respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism.
- safeguard and support those most at risk of radicalisation through early intervention, identifying them and offering support.
- enable those who have already engaged in terrorism to disengage and rehabilitate.
Financial instability, mental health issues, and social factors contributed to the radicalization of significant segments of people covered by the study. Social factors include victimization, stigmatization, or marginalization.
These can include involvement in criminality, family influence, failure to integrate, or a sense of grievance or injustice. However, the presence of these risk factors does not make radicalisation inevitable or predictable.
What are the signs of exposure to radicalisation? ›
Spotting the signs of radicalisation
- isolating themselves from family and friends.
- talking as if from a scripted speech.
- unwillingness or inability to discuss their views.
- a sudden disrespectful attitude towards others.
- increased levels of anger.
- increased secretiveness, especially around internet use.
Our radicalization/deradicalization model contains three crucial components: (1) the motivational component (the quest for personal significance) that defines a goal to which one may be committed, (2) the ideological component that in addition identifies the means of violence as appropriate for this goal's pursuit, and ...
What are the fundamental causes of radicalization? ›
Factors influencing radicalization: Abuse or trauma, difficult family life, economic struggles, bullying, and discrimination along with other negative life events, leading to distress, delinquency, and mental health struggles.
What is counter radicalization? ›
“Counterradicalization,” on the other hand, encompasses those measures taken to prevent a new generation of extremists, and is thus less reactive than deradicalization. Successful deradicalization depends upon an understanding of radicalization itself.
