The government bases its understanding of this process on a limited study which we exposed as being baseless in our report ‘The Science of Pre-Crime’. Public sector workers must use factors taken from that study to assess if a person is being radicalised, these include:

  • Feelings of grievance and injustice
  • Feeling under threat
  • A need for identity, meaning and belonging
  • A desire for status
  • A desire for excitement and adventure
  • A need to dominate and control others
  • Susceptibility to indoctrination
  • A desire for political or moral change
  • Opportunistic involvement
  • Family or friends involvement in extremism
  • Being at a transitional time of life
  • Being influenced or controlled by a group
  • Relevant mental health issues

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