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What is the best approach for preventing recruitment to terrorism? Findings from ABM experiments in social and situational prevention
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Abstract
This study uses agent-based models (ABMs) to compare the impacts of three different types of interventions targeting recruitment to terrorism - community workers at community centers; community-oriented policing; and an employment program for high-risk agents. The first two programs are social inter... view more
This study uses agent-based models (ABMs) to compare the impacts of three different types of interventions targeting recruitment to terrorism - community workers at community centers; community-oriented policing; and an employment program for high-risk agents. The first two programs are social interventions that focus on de-radicalization and changing the dispositions of agents in the model, whereas the employment program focuses on "deflection" and represents a situational/opportunity reducing approach to prevention. The results show significant impacts of the community worker and community policing interventions on radicalization but no significant impact on recruitment. In contrast, the employment intervention had a strong and significant impact on recruitment, but little impact on radicalization.... view less
Keywords
EVS; terrorism; prevention; fight against terrorism; radicalization; recruitment; model; social intervention; police; parish work; employment
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Free Keywords
agent-based modeling; EVS 2008
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 461-485
Journal
Criminology & Public Policy, 21 (2022) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12579
ISSN
1745-9133
Status
Published Version; reviewed