Pathways to radicalization in adolescence: the development of ideological beliefs, acceptance of violence, and extremist behavior

This paper examines the link between attitudes, the acceptance of violence and the performance of extremist acts. It is tested, if different ideologies of extremism develop commonalities in their positions, attitudes and structures. Data from a school survey of more than 6,700 9th grade students fro...

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Authors: Bliesener, Thomas 1958- (Author) ; Schröder, Carl Philipp (Author) ; Lehmann, Lena 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform
Year: 2021, Volume: 104, Issue: 3, Pages: 231-242
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Keywords:
Jugend
Einstellung
Verhalten
Gewalt
Radicalization
Adolescence
Attitudes
Behavior
Violence
Persönlichkeitsentwicklung > Radikalisierung
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Summary:This paper examines the link between attitudes, the acceptance of violence and the performance of extremist acts. It is tested, if different ideologies of extremism develop commonalities in their positions, attitudes and structures. Data from a school survey of more than 6,700 9th grade students from Germany serves as the empirical basis. The results show among other things that different extremist ideologies (right-wing, left-wing, Islamism) covary on the level of attitudes, acceptance of violence and extremist behavior. In a further step of analysis, the theoretically based paths of initially extremist attitudes, then an additional approval of violence and finally the commission of extremist acts was examined approximately in a person-oriented approach. Except for one path, the analyses of radicalization patterns confirm a model that commences on the cognitive level, followed by the acceptance of deviant means to reach ideological goals and finally leading to extremist acts.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 241-242
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ISSN:2366-1968
DOI:10.1515/mks-2021-0124