RT Article
T1 A Life-Course Analysis of Engagement in Violent Extremist Groups
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 60
IS 1
SP 74
OP 92
A1 Carlsson, Christoffer 1986-
A1 Rostami, Amir
A1 Mondani, Hernan
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/168756051X
AB In this exploratory study, individuals' processes of engagement in violent extremist groups are analysed by drawing from criminological life-course theory and narrative-based understandings of crime. Based on interviews with individuals who have participated in violent extremism, it is suggested that the process of engagement consists of three steps: (1) a weakening of informal social controls, followed by (2) an interaction with individuals in proximity to the group and (3) a stage of meaning-making in relation to the group and one's identity, resulting in an individual's willingness and capacity to engaging in the group's activities, including violence. In future theorizing about processes of engagement in violent extremism, the meanings of age, and the life-course stages of late adolescence and emerging adulthood in particular, should be given analytic attention.
K1 Violent extremism
K1 Engagement
K1 Life-course criminology
K1 Narratives
DO 10.1093/bjc/azz048