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dc.contributor.authorBjørgo, Tore
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-02T11:56:04Z
dc.date.available2011-05-02T11:56:04Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationBjørgo, Tore (2011). Dreams and disillusionment: engagement in and disengagement from militant extremist groups. Crime, Law and Social Change, 55(4), 277-285.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0925-4994
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/174642
dc.descriptionThis is the final text version of the article, it may contain minor differences from the publisher's pdf version.en_US
dc.description.abstractPeople engage in terrorism and similar forms of violent extremism for a variety of reasons, political or non-political. The frequent failure to achieve what they expected or dreamed about is also usually the source of their disillusionment, and subsequently, a main reason to disengage from violent extremism. Individuals involved in terrorism often come from a diversity of social backgrounds and have undergone rather different processes of violent radicalisation. Profiles of terrorists do not work as a tool to identify actual or potential terrorists because such profiles fail to capture the diversity and how people change when they become involved in militant extremism. This study suggests a more dynamic typology of participants in militant groups, based on dimensions which represent dynamic continuums rather than static positions. During their extremist careers individuals may move from resembling one type initially into acquiring more of the characteristics of other types at later stages. When it comes to prevention and intervention measures, one size does not fit them all. The typology may be used as an aid to develop more specific and targeted strategies for preventing violent radicalisation and facilitating disengagement, taking into account the diversity and specific drivers behind different types of activists.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectterrorismeen_US
dc.subjectekstremistgrupperen_US
dc.subjectvoldelig radikaliseringen_US
dc.subjectaktivisteren_US
dc.subjectårsakeren_US
dc.subjectterrorismen_US
dc.subjectextremismen_US
dc.subjectviolent radicalizationen_US
dc.subjectactivistsen_US
dc.subjectcausesen_US
dc.titleDreams and disillusionment: engagement in and disengagement from militant extremist groupsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.source.pagenumber277-285en_US


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