Working with PREVENT: Social Work Options for Cases of ‘Radicalisation Risk’

Stanley, Tony; Guru, Surinder; Gupta, Anna

doi:10.1080/09503153.2017.1414176

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“…As social work professionals, we need to understand more about risk work in action, as well as undertaking more applied research and in situ, practice-informed learning and professional development. The limited UK radicalisation risk literature is largely polemical, with some very recent exceptions (for example, Chivers, 2018;Stanley et al, 2018). Over the coming years, some social workers and managers will be co-opted to join a securitised response to radicalisation risk.…”

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The relevance of risk work theory to practice: the case of statutory social work and the risk of radicalisation in the UK

Stanley¹

2018

Health, Risk & Society

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EDITORIALThe relevance of risk work theory to practice: the case of statutory social work and the risk of radicalisation in the UK Statutory social work is in the business of risk work. The work involves decision making about risky events and situations and yet we know very little about how this operates in an everyday practical sense. The risk work associated with terrorism and radicalisation concerns best illustrates this. The PREVENT statutory duty was sanctioned mid 2015 for a range of UK professionals, including social workers, to pay 'due regard to preventing terrorism'. The duty has contributed to a recalibration of statutory social work practice, towards practices such as counter terrorist policing and security services. Social workers are caught up in 'anticipatory risk work' and find themselves working in a 'pre-crime' space. This is now an everyday practice issue, with practitioners required to help to 'offset' terrorist crime. To date, this recalibration has lacked critical debate by and for social workers. This editorial examines the ethical and practical implications for practitioners and families affected by claims of 'radicalisation risk' and 'extremism risk' to extend our risk thinking and offer new practical and ethical approaches to risk work. To do so, the article engages with new forms of theorising offered in this special edition. The article concludes with a set of practical and ethics-oriented suggestions for refining risk work in the area of radicalisation and extremism.

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The relevance of risk work theory to practice: the case of statutory social work and the risk of radicalisation in the UK

Stanley¹

2018

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“…However, some sound critiques and discussions in the literature on social work in countering terrorism from European social work scholars (e.g., Finch et al, 2019 ; Haugstvedt, 2019 ; McKendrick & Finch, 2017 ). This scholarship has often been critical of the underlying assumptions of the prevention models that target youth deemed at risk, for example, the PREVENT/Channel program in the United Kingdom (UK) (Awan & Guru, 2017 ; Stanley et al, 2018 ; Stanley & Guru, 2015 ; Guru, 2010 ).…”

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“…Though the social work profession is referenced frequently in the preventing violent extremism literature, relatively few social work academics have published in this arena. What has been published has primarily been critical of social work in PVE for legitimate fears of securitization of the profession, lack of resources/training, and the potential to stigmatize and discriminate against particular racial/ethnic and/or religious groups (e.g., Finch, 2019 ; McKendrick & Finch, 2017 ; Stanley et al, 2018 ). This scholarship has emanated primarily from European social work scholars.…”

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Preventing Violent Extremism and Social Work: Recent US History and Prospects

Hutson

2021

J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work

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Anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, and anti-Muslim violent extremism is on the rise in Western nations while jihadist terrorism continues throughout the Middle East and Africa. Despite significant efforts by governmental, non-governmental, and civic society organizations to address violent extremism, little progress has been made to prevent it. White supremacist organizations are now organizing globally through a variety of next generation communication networks using techniques developed by ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Throughout, relatively few social work academics have engaged in preventing violent extremism (PVE) scholarship. Though the profession is referenced frequently in the PVE literature, it is dominated by those in psychology and political science. Few articles in major social work journals have discussed social work’s role or advanced PVE research. What has been published has mainly been critical of social work in this arena for legitimate fears of securitization, lack of resources/training, and the potential to discriminate against particular groups. The profession has a long history of impactful work in violence prevention in a myriad of practice areas. Given this wealth of experience and focus on social justice, social work should be a leader in this field. Areas of potential engagement in practice and research are discussed.

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“…Whilst increased sector attention to these forms of harm (and recognition they are forms of child abuse) are welcomed, responses to EFH are ubiquitously accompanied by increases in surveillance practices and technologies. From the monitoring of young people's social media accounts by schools and social workers (Shade and Singh 2016;Montgomery 2015), to mandatory reporting by civic institutions of children at risk of 'radicalization' (McKendrick and Finch 2017;Stanley et al 2018), or serious youth violence (Community Practitioner 2019), the use of multi-agency risk panels and databases to record, share and monitor 'at risk' young people (Williams and Clarke 2016), the use of child Covert Human Intelligence Sources to investigate child exploitation (Twite 2018) and the increased use in managed moves and secure accommodation (Stability Index 2019). Whilst these interventions are justified by a need to safeguard children and young people, they present significant challenges to rights-based approaches grounded in participatory and relational ways of working.…”

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Watching over or Working with? Understanding Social Work Innovation in Response to Extra-Familial Harm

Wroe

Lloyd

2020

Social Sciences

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This paper critically reflects on the role of surveillance and trusted relationships in social work in England and Wales. It explores the characteristics of relationships of trust and relationships of surveillance and asks how these approaches apply to emerging policy and practices responses to extra-familial forms of harm (EFH). Five bodies of research that explore safeguarding responses across a range of public bodies are drawn on to present an analytical framework that explores elements of safeguarding responses, constituting relationships of trust or relationships of surveillance and control. This analytic framework is applied to two case studies, each of which detail a recent practice innovation in response to EFH studied by the authors, as part of a larger body of work under the Contextual Safeguarding programme. The application of this framework signals a number of critical issues related to the focus/rationale, methods and impact of interventions into EFH that should be considered in future work to address EFH, to ensure young people’s rights to privacy and participation are upheld.

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Working with PREVENT: Social Work Options for Cases of ‘Radicalisation Risk’

Cited by 14 publications

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The relevance of risk work theory to practice: the case of statutory social work and the risk of radicalisation in the UK

The relevance of risk work theory to practice: the case of statutory social work and the risk of radicalisation in the UK

Preventing Violent Extremism and Social Work: Recent US History and Prospects

Watching over or Working with? Understanding Social Work Innovation in Response to Extra-Familial Harm

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