Violent Extremism group

radicalization

The complex process by which individuals adopt violent extremist ideologies that may lead them to commit terrorist acts, or which are likely to render them more vulnerable to recruitment

3 recruitment approach types

The Net, The Funnel, and Infection

Early research on terrorism focused on what kind of explanation for terrorism?

clinical explanations

Social Psychological theories

groups tend to lead to more radicalization because group opinions tend to be more extreme than those held by its individual members, group decision-making is often more biased, individuals feel less responsible for group actions, and people join groups because of perceived incentives

social movement theory

aims to explain how individuals are drawn into terrorism through rational processes

Rambo’s Conversion Theory Model

• context

• crisis

• quest

• encounter

• interaction

• commitment

• consequences

FBI conversion types

• jilted believers

• faith reinterpretation

• protest conversion

• acceptance seeking

Venhaus conversion types

• the revenge seeker

• the status seeker

• the identity seeker

• the thrill seeker