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Pathways to Radicalisation and Violent Extremism

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Terrorism, or violent extremism, has become a growing concern within Europe, mostly due to several violent attacks on European soil. But not all extremism leads to violence, and ideologies rarely lead to radicalisation. What we do know, however, is the importance of forensic settings, such as prisons, when it comes to radicalisation as well as violent extremism. As such, this should be of great interest to forensic mental health workers to detect and tackle the issue in individual cases. In this chapter, we focus on the general determinants of radicalisation as well as the more individual pathways of people towards the acceptance of violent interpretations of their ideology.

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  1. Justice Department Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium

    Thomas Marquant

  2. University of Antwerp, Collaborative Antwerp Psychatric Research Institute (CAPRI), Antwerp, Belgium

    Thomas Marquant

  3. Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Norbert Nedopil

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    Kris Goethals

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Marquant, T., Nedopil, N. (2018). Pathways to Radicalisation and Violent Extremism. In: Goethals, K. (eds) Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology in Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74664-7_21

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