Risk Assessment—the Key to More Security? Factors, Tools, and Practices in Dealing with Extremist Individuals

In recent years, risk assessments for violent extremism have attracted great interest from both scholars and practitioners, and many assessment tools have been developed. After a critical review of this development, the paper examines differences and similarities between the indicators of various vi...

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Authors: Höffler, Katrin (Author) ; Meyer, Miriam (Author) ; Möller, Veronika (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: European journal on criminal policy and research
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 269-295
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