Individual disengagement from Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorist groups
A Rapid Evidence Assessment to inform policy and practice in preventing terrorism
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This report, prepared for the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) in the UK Home Office, presents the findings of a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) into individual disengagement from Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorist groups. The project was commissioned to inform policy development in relation to the 'Prevent' strand of the Government's counter-terrorism strategy. The REA sought to answer two questions: 'What are the psychological, social and physical factors associated with leaving terrorist groups?' and 'What interventions have been employed to encourage individuals to leave terrorist groups, and is there any evidence as to their effectiveness?' Because there is very little research on leaving such terrorist groups, the OSCT also commissioned a second REA of the factors involved in leaving other groups — street gangs, religious cults, right-wing extremist groups and organised crime groups — in the hope of identifying potentially transferable lessons.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Factors associated with leaving Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorist groups
Chapter Three
Exploring the basis for comparison between Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorist groups and other groups
Chapter Four
Factors associated with leaving street gangs, religious cults, right-wing extremist groups and organised crime groups
Chapter Five
Interventions that encourage individuals to leave street gangs, religious cults, right-wing extremist groups and organised crime groups
Chapter Six
Summary of lessons learned for preventing Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorism
Appendix A
Rapid Evidence Assessment methodology
Appendix B
Characterising the quantity and quality of evidence
Appendix C
List of excluded sources
Appendix D
List of sources not available
Appendix E
List of de-radicalisation programmes
Appendix F
List of accounts of disengagement from Qa'ida-influenced terrorism
Appendix G
List of programmes to encourage exit from right-wing extremist groups
Appendix H
List of programmes to encourage exit from street gangs
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