Forebygging av radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme

Lid, Stian; Winsvold, Marte; Søholt, Susanne; Hansen, Stig Jarle; Heierstad, Geir; Klausen, Jan Erling

doi:10.7577/nibr/rapport/2016/12

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“…They argue that social workers are caught in between safeguarding the rights of their non-criminal clients and acting as informants to security agencies because their clients might be further radicalized in the future and pose a threat. This conflict has been reported in several studies concerning social work and PVE (Dryden 2017;Herz 2016;Lid et al 2016). Finch and McKendrick (2017) argue that introducing PVE duty into social work generally contributes to the securitization of social work.…”

Section: Firstline Professionals and Prevention Of Violent Extremismmentioning

confidence: 85%

The lock pickers, the gatekeepers, and the non-grievables: a case study of youth workers’ roles in preventing violent extremism

Mattsson

2021

Nordic Social Work Research

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In the prevention of violent extremism (PVE), various so-called soft interventions have been introduced, suggesting that teachers, social workers, and youth workers play key roles in detecting and responding to early signs of radicalization leading to violent extremism. Research has been conducted on how these interventions are being implemented and whether or not they may contribute to the securitization of welfare work. In this case study, eleven youth workers and their three managers were interviewed about their experiences of engaging in PVE work. They all worked in a neighbourhood in Gothenburg, Sweden, which was one of the earliest and most affected areas in Europe for recruitment to what was to become the so-called Islamic State (IS). The study focuses on their recollection of how they were informed about the on-going radicalization to violent extremism at the time, what actions they took, and how they were prepared for conducting PVE work. Some of the youth workers noticed signs of radicalization to violent extremism early in 2013, but they worked on short-term contracts and were not in a position to pass on the information to higher authorities. A better organized Gothenburg city could have started its PVE work two years earlier, rather than in 2015.

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Section: Firstline Professionals and Prevention Of Violent Extremismmentioning

confidence: 85%

The lock pickers, the gatekeepers, and the non-grievables: a case study of youth workers’ roles in preventing violent extremism

Mattsson

2021

Nordic Social Work Research

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“…Before 2010, local communities had implemented measures to tackle violent extremism, such as that of the right-wing extremist milieus of the 1990s and 2000s (Carlsson & Haaland, 2004). Back then, however, the dominant view was still that violent extremism was a matter for the police and their security service (Lid et al, 2016). The first action plan marks the beginning of a policy that moves away from giving law enforcement the monopoly of PRVE -towards a national strategy involving much wider sectors of society.…”

Section: From Escalation To De-escalation: Five Phases Of Development In the Plural Policing Of Militant Islamismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several SLT/SaLTo interviewees spoke of similar experiences during this phase, putting particular emphasis on their lack of knowledge about the phenomena (radicalization and Islamist extremism) which they were tasked to manage by the 2014 action plan. Uncertainty was expressed about how they should assess the threat at hand, and how to identify and monitor residents that were involved in, or might be becoming involved in MI (see Lid et al, 2016). Seemingly, it was not until 2014 that central government, municipalities, schools, the social welfare and health services, parts of civil society and others embarked on intensive collective efforts to fulfil the central aim of the new action plan: enhanced multi-agency cooperation to enable a broad and more efficient apparatus for detecting and managing RVE.…”

Section: From Escalation To De-escalation: Five Phases Of Development In the Plural Policing Of Militant Islamismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite increasing opportunities for PRVE in this phase, the move towards multi-agency collaboration involved challenges (Lid et al, 2016). For local actors with little or no experi-ence of them, the issues of extremism, foreign fighters and MI were daunting.…”

Section: From Escalation To De-escalation: Five Phases Of Development In the Plural Policing Of Militant Islamismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For local actors with little or no experi-ence of them, the issues of extremism, foreign fighters and MI were daunting. Many municipalities therefore started issuing their own local action plans, establishing collaboration between the police and local SLT/SaLTo coordinators, and establishing guidelines and structures for receiving, assessing and following up on reported concerns about the radicalization of local residents (see Lid et al, 2016).…”

Section: From Escalation To De-escalation: Five Phases Of Development In the Plural Policing Of Militant Islamismmentioning

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Are psychologically vulnerable youth more susceptible to extremism than their peers? Today's radicalized Westerners are young and their extreme opinions develop during adolescence, a period in which challenges to worldview and self-perception can be potent motivators for extremist engagement, as shown in work on significance quests (Kruglanski et al., Political Psychology, 2014, 35, 69-93) and general strain (Agnew, Theoretical Criminology, 2010, 14, 131-153). To better understand the developmental paths to extremism, more knowledge is needed about the interplay among vulnerability factors. Thus, this study investigates whether psychological vulnerabilities among Norwegian youth increases susceptibility to extremism. It specifically explores psychological vulnerabilities in relation to mental illness, traumatic experiences, early socialization, perceived discrimination, social capital, and delinquency. The study's data come from Young in Oslo 2015, a population-based, cross-sectional survey of over 24,000 adolescents conducted in upper secondaryschoolsinthe Norwegian capital(n = 10.932).Overall,Osloyouthare representativeofNorwegian youth, demographically, psychosocially, and with regard to extremism. This study measured four expressions of extremism and conducted structural equation modeling (SEM). Results indicate that factors indicative of psychological vulnerabilities are relevant in explaining susceptibility to extremism among Norwegian youth, especially when viewed in relation to specific demographic variables. Quests for significance and opposition to collective strains appear to be relevant to the relationship between extremism and psychological vulnerabilities. More broadly, this study suggests that extremism develops as a result of complex interactions among numerous factors, that the ordering of these factors varies, and that there is no one trajectory to extremism. Public Significance StatementIt is commonly assumed that no relationship exists between mental health challenges and extremism. This study challenges this view, suggesting that psychological vulnerabilities are relevant to explaining youth susceptibility to extremism. It also advances the idea that there are numerous developmental paths to extremism, all resulting from the complex, temporal interplay among factors. These findings improve the general knowledge about extremism and have implications for the development of sustainable and effective preventive measures.

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Forebygging av radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

The lock pickers, the gatekeepers, and the non-grievables: a case study of youth workers’ roles in preventing violent extremism

The lock pickers, the gatekeepers, and the non-grievables: a case study of youth workers’ roles in preventing violent extremism

Prevention of Radicalization as an Emergent Field of Plural Policing in Norway: The Accelerating Role of Militant Islamists

Psychological vulnerabilities and extremism among Norwegian youth: A structural equation model using a large-n sample.

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