Law enforcement and security professionals

PREVENT VIOLENT RADICALIZATION IN A SECURITY ENVIRONMENT: RECOGNIZE IT AND TAKE ACTION

Specific objectives

• Understand what characterizes different types of violent radicalization

(extreme right-wing, extreme left-wing, politico-religious and single-issue radicalization), as well as hate incidents and hate crimes.

• Differentiate between the prevention of radicalization leading to violence and the prevention of terrorism (or “threats to national security”).

• Understand the process of radicalization leading to violence, and associated risk and protective factors.

• Recognize behaviour that could indicate a situation of radicalization leading to violence.

• Know how to respond preventively in policing situations.

Target Audience

Law enforcement personnel and security professionals.

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