Research and analysis

Understanding vulnerability and resilience in individuals to the influence of Al Qa’ida violent extremism

Occasional Paper 98 is a Rapid Evidence Assessment that identifies the social and physical factors for vulnerability or resilience.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 3 November 2011

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Occasional Paper 98 is a Rapid Evidence Assessment that identifies the social, psychological and physical factors for vulnerability or resilience to Al Qa’ida influenced violent extremism. 

In the absence of a mature empirical evidence base it explores what transferrable knowledge can be taken from the more developed literature on other types of violent activity e.g. other terrorist activity, gangs, cults, etc.

Published 3 November 2011