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Risk assessment plays a critical role in the management of violent extremist offenders, and represents a key component of rehabilitation and reintegration processes in and outside of prison. By gathering and structuring relevant information, risk assessment allows for the development and implementation of individually-tailored rehabilitation and reintegration interventions and programming. Over the past decade, ICCT has been implementing projects, conducting research, and providing specialised technical assistance on risk assessment. ICCT experts have contributed to the development and implementation of locally-tailored risk assessment tools and related manuals, and has trained policymakers and practitioners on the processes of radicalisation and the use of risk assessment tools, including in Europe, South East Asia, the Western Balkans,

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Research Paper | 9 Sep 2019

The Practitioner's Guide to the Galaxy - A Comparison of Risk Assessment Tools for Violent Extremism

This paper critically compares seven widely used risk assessment tools for violent extremism, including the VERA-2R, the ERG 22+, the SQAT, the IR46, the RRAP, the Radar, and the VAF. The objective is to enable policymakers and practitioners to better navigate the often muddy, copyrighted, and expensive waters of the world of risk assessment of violent extremism—as well as to facilitate their decision-making process when it comes to determining what approach is best suited to their needs.

Perspective | 19 Dec 2022 The threat of far-right extremism in Germany: A matter of child protection
This Perspective explores the unique vulnerabilities that children may face as a result of their parents’ involvement in RWE groups and discusses the challenges that front-line practitioners may encounter when working with children and their RWE parents.

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Research Paper | 16 Dec 2022 Deadly Detours: Why Terrorists Do Not Attack US Bridges and Tunnels
This article provides an unprecedentedly in-depth examination of terrorist decision making vis-à-vis American bridges and tunnels, using foiled plots as case studies to explain why these schemes fail and, more importantly, what deters terrorists from pursuing them.
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Report | 9 Dec 2022 A Comparative Study of Non-State Violent Drone use in the Middle East
This report examines the drone programs of five non-state groups operating in the Middle East: Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthi Movement, Islamic State (IS), and the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK). This report outlines offers a framework for the study of drone innovation which is not limited to these groups, but which could also apply to other groups in the future. It does this by describing five different routes that non-state actors have taken to develop drone technology.
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Perspective | 17 Nov 2022 States’ Prevention of Terrorism and the Rule of Law: Challenging the ‘magic’ of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
This perspective critically examines some challenges posed to the rule of law and human rights by states’ use of data-driven learning-based artificial intelligence (AI) systems for identifying individuals presenting a threat to national security.
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Perspective | 9 Nov 2022 How do Terrorists use Financial Technologies?
This perspective argues that despite the concern from researchers, policymakers, and the media about terrorist's use of financial technologies, there is little empirical evidence of the adoption of widespread sophisticated financial plots.
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Perspective | 4 May 2022 Foreign Volunteers in Ukraine: Security Considerations for Europe
This article outlines several points of consideration relevant to volunteers in Ukraine which may have implications for European governments.
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Policy Brief | 2 Sep 2020 Re-Offending by Released Terrorist Prisoners: Separating Hype from Reality
This Policy Brief critically analyses terrorist re-offending in a wide range of international contexts, to inform the wider discussion on terrorist recidivism and rehabilitation.
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Policy Brief | 6 May 2020 The Last Frontier: Prisons and Violent Extremism in Mali
This policy brief uses data gathered from the growing number of Violent Extremist Offenders in Malian prisons to provide an overview of and recommendations for implementing rehabilitation interventions.
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Report | 27 Nov 2017 Action Agenda on Violent Extremist Offenders in Prison in Mali
This Action Agenda discusses the background of the conflict in Mali as well as some of the issues faced in Mali with regards to violent extremist offenders in prison. It provides recommendations and proposed activities in four action areas to address concerns and needs identified by ICCT and UNICRI throughout the initiatives implemented by both organisations so far.
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Research Paper | 16 Dec 2013 Dealing with European Foreign Fighters in Syria: Governance Challenges and Legal Implications
The increasing amount of foreign fighters brings the possibility that returnees have radicalised which makes them a potential threat.
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