Understanding Violent Extremism: Identifying Motivational Classes in Male Jihadist Detainees.
| Autor: | Thijssen G; Penitentiary Institution Vught, The Netherlands., Masthoff E; Fivoor Academy of Research, Innovation and Development (FARID), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.; Tilburg University, The Netherlands., Sijtsema JJ; Fivoor Academy of Research, Innovation and Development (FARID), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.; Tilburg University, The Netherlands., Bogaerts S; Fivoor Academy of Research, Innovation and Development (FARID), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.; Tilburg University, The Netherlands. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology [Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol] 2023 Nov; Vol. 67 (15), pp. 1455-1473. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 13. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0306624X221144295 |
| Abstrakt: | An important step in understanding violent extremist behavior is to identify its underlying motivations. Insights into what drives violent extremists to their behavior may indicate what is needed to reduce existing risk factors. To this end, this study investigated violent extremist motivations in 124 male jihadi suspects and convicts residing in Dutch prison terrorism wings. A Latent Class Analysis resulted in three motivation profiles. The low motivated class scored in general low on risk and motivational indicators of violent extremism. The morally driven class adhered to an ideology justifying violence, experienced some degree of grievances but often saw limitations in the use of violence to achieve ideological goals. The hardened ideologically driven class had an ideology justifying violence, feelings of frustrations and criminal history of violence. This descriptive study provides an important stepping-stone for future studies on how motivation profiles can be used to reduce the risk of violent extremist (re)offending. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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