Citation

Smith D, Talbot S. J. Polic. Intell. Count. Terror. 2019; 14(2): 99-114.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/18335330.2019.1575973

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper proposes a Social Influence Model of Violent Extremism (SIM-VE). In the context of increasing concern regarding the role of the internet in engaging people in violent extremist groups, particular attention is paid to the nexus between offline and online environments. The article addresses some of the barriers to developing predictive modelling to identify who will undertake an act of violent extremism and discusses how the SIM-VE model provides a conceptual framework to inform the development of online data gathering and information sorting processes that are relevant to enhancing structured professional judgement of risk. Strengths and limitations of the model are also discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

offline; online; Social influence; structured professional judgement; terrorism; violent extremism