Terrorism Risk Assessment Instruments : Contemporary Policy and Law Enforcement Challenges / edited by Raymond Corrado, Gunda Wössner, and Ariel Merari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corrado, Raymond R., editor.

Wössner, Gunda, editor.

Merari, Ariel, editor.

Series:

NATO science for peace and security series. Human and societal dynamics ; E, Volume 152.

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series-e ; Volume 152

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal behavior, Prediction of.

Risk assessment.

Terrorists--Psychology.

Terrorists.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press BV, [2021]

Summary:

"The search for a distinct "terrorist profile" has been going on for many years, and while it is generally agreed that nobody is born a terrorist, there is plenty of disagreement about why a person might become one. Whereas personal and situational push and pull factors can be combined to determine how and why young people become involved in terrorism, preventing an individual from following a path that ends in violence without moral restraint poses an enormous challenge, especially in an open society. This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop titled "A Review of the Utility of Existing Terrorism Risk Assessment Instruments and Policies: Is there the Need for Possible New Approaches?", held in Berlin, Germany, on 29-30 November 2019. Researchers were asked to present papers for discussion sessions with invited participants and practitioners from a number of NATO member and partner countries. Various assessment instruments for identifying problematic individuals at an early stage were presented by experts. It was generally agreed that, due to cultural, religious and other differences, there is no simple way to identify the relatively few high-risk individuals among the larger population of politically radicalized but not necessarily violent individuals who pose no threat. Framed by an Introduction and Conclusion, the 16 chapters in the book are divided into three parts: Theory and Risk/Threat Assessment Instrument Policy Themes; Implementation of Politically Motivated Terrorism Protocols; and Personality Traits/Disorders, Anti-State Terrorism Profiles and the DSM-5 Personality Trait Instrument. This practice-oriented book will be of interest to all those tasked with protecting society from some of its most dangerous members"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Contents

Introductory Chapter: Berlin and Vancouver Research Workshops on Politically-Motivated Terrorism Risk/Threat Instruments and Related Policy Implementation Themes

Part 1. Theory and Risk/Threat Assessment Instrument Policy Themes

Rapid Societal Structural Changes and Shifts in Group-Based Individual Identities: Anti-State Terrorism Threat Profiles in North Atlantic Treaty Organization Member and Partner Countries

Violent Extremism: The Practical Assessment and Management of Risk

Updating and Organizing Our Knowledge of Risk and Protective Factors for Lone-Actor Terrorism

Using Interviews and Psychological Tests in Studies of Independent Actors and Suicide Bombers

The Format and FEAR Model as an Answer to New Radicalization Challenges

Part 2. Selected NATO Member and Partner Country Implementation of Politically Motivated Terrorism Protocols

The Use of Terrorism Risk Assessment Tools in Australia to Manage Residual Risk

RooT37 - CUTA's TRA Tool in Response to a Changing Threat Landscape

Early Prevention of Extremism Through Multi-Agency Use of the Model for Assessment for Concerns About Extremism (MACE)

RADAR-iTE 2.0: An Instrument of the German State Protection - Structure, Development and Current Stage of Evaluation

Jihadist Travelers and Terrorism Risk Assessment in the Netherlands

Part 3. Personality Traits/Disorders, Anti-state Terrorism Profiles and DSM-5 Personality Based Instrument

From Empirical Beginnings to Emerging Theory

Advantages and Challenges Using Psychological Tests in the Assessment of Suicide Bombers and Lone Actors

The Role of Psychological Assessment in Countering Violent Extremism.

A Diagnostic and Statistical Model-5 Experimental Personality Disorder-Based Terrorism Risk/Threat Assessment Instrument

Personality Traits-Based Terrorism Risk Assessment: Determining Reliability Using Open-Source Data

Exploring the "Radicalization Pipeline" on YouTube

Conclusion

Glossary

Author Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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OCLC:

1250097306