Handbook for Structural Quality Standards in Deradicalization Work
The handbook published by the German Institute on Radicalization and De-radicalization Studies (GIRDS) is a guide for structural integrity and quality standards in CVE and deradicalization work. (available in English and German)
European DERAD Toolkit
DERAD is a European Project that aims to prevent the escalation of radicalization in the prison environment. As part of the major and sustainable outcomes of the DERAD project, a toolkit for training prison officers has been developed.
Risk Indicators of Radicalisation in Prisons
This manual by FAIR is designed to help prison staff to identify early warning signs of radicalisation. Moreover, it provides possible solutions and exemplary cases.
Best Practices Handbook on rehabilitation of juvenile offenders and victims
This Handbook by EURehabChildren focuses on rehabilitation practices in a variety of countries, including Italy, Germany, Portugal and Turkey. It enables a comparison of the different practices and analyses their efficiency.
Anti-Human Trafficking Manual for Criminal Justice Practitioners
The UNDOC website provides several volumes dealing with all aspects of human trafficking. It is designed as a manual for criminal Justice Practitioners.
Handbook on GENDER DIMENSIONS of criminal justice responses to terrorism
A manual by the UNDOC which provides legal and policy recommendations to assist users in addressing key gender aspects arising in criminal justice response to terrorism.
Initiative to Address Homegrown Terrorism
The GCTF informs about Good Practices on the Prevention, Detection, Intervention and Response to Homegrown Terrorism.
Council of Europe handbook for prison and probation services regarding radicalisation and violent extremism.
This handbook is designed to address the threat of prison and probation radicalisation. It aims to establish a legal and ethical framework, while also serving as tool kit and guideline for those working in the prison and probation sector.
Handbook on the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners and the Prevention of Radicalization to Violence in Prisons
This handbook by the UNDOC analysis radicalisation in the Prison system. It provides preventative strategies, case studies and reintegration approaches. Further, its advices on how to implement these strategies and approaches.
A Review of Transatlantic Best Practices for Countering Radicalisation in Prisons and Terrorist Recidivism
This review of best practices by EUROPOL focuses on European and American approaches to counter radicalisation in prisons. It highlights the guidelines, methods and practices which have proven effective or ineffective.
J-SAFE Handbooks, Guidelines and Policy Recomendations
The first Manual for Legal Practitioners, Lawyers, Judges and Prosecutors confronted with legal cases involving violent radical behavior has been produced by the Italian Ministry of Justice as part of the project JSAFE.
Preventing violent extremism: Current trends and debates in Europe
The Policy Report “Preventing violent extremism: Current trends and debates in Europe” compiles a series of policy recommendations to improve existing practices.
EU Directives protecting rights of suspects and accused
This document outlines EU Member States’ legal frameworks and policies regarding these rights, namely the implementation in the internal national legal framework of the European legal instruments which protect suspects and accused.
Methodologies and tools for risk assessment on radicalization and violent extremism
The overarching objective of PARTICIPATION is to identify future perspectives and trends of polarisation, extremism and radicalisation as well as the social composition of the group at risk in Europe by a participatory and provisional methodological strategy, that permits to co-create with social actors, stakeholders and policy-makers effective strategies for prevention.
Methodologies and tools for risk assessment on radicalization and violent extremism
The overarching objective of PARTICIPATION is to identify future perspectives and trends of polarisation, extremism and radicalisation as well as the social composition of the group at risk in Europe by a participatory and provisional methodological strategy, that permits to co-create with social actors, stakeholders and policy-makers effective strategies for prevention.
History of Risk Assessment.Bureau of Justice Assistance.
The history of risk prediction in criminal justice traces back to the early 1900s, when correctional staff relied on their own professional judgments about whether someone was likely to comply with parole conditions, for example. Modern-day assessments are more comprehensive in scope and systematic in nature. In the current landscape, it is accepted practice to use actuarial calculations to classify individuals and customize the justice response to optimize outcomes. This evolution from educated “guess” to evidence-based prediction occurred over four generations of risk assessment development, described in this section. Understanding this historical context can help practitioners and policymakers contextualize the value and utility of modern risk assessment instruments in increasing consistency, fairness, and effectiveness of the justice system.
Developing, implementing and using risk assessment for violent extremist and terrorist offenders.
Across the EU, there is a call for more specialised risk assessment tools to assess the risk of radicalisation, extremism and/or terrorism in the offender population. Several such tools have been developed and are in use at the time of writing, for example, the Extremism Risk Guidance 22+ (ERG 22+) and the Violent Extremist Risk Assessment 2 Revised (VERA-2R). More specialised tools are being developed across the EU, either in national contexts or in EU project contexts.
Religious communities: analyzing and discussing religious polarization and extremism
Over the last twenty years, the European community had to deal with different and changing forms of radicalization, violent extremism and terrorist attacks. The liquid and hybridized form of present radicalization paths seems to indicate that research have to act like a “glow “ able to adapt continuously to this protean phenomenology. This process is more straightforward to say than to do, in fact, a common denominator of the national security and counter-terrorism policies all over the EU was the adoption of specific measures to counteract terrorist attacks in the first place (RAN, 2020). Indeed, violent religious extremism in the global context has helped create fertile ground for the growth of xenophobic and populist movements in several European countries (Marone e Vidino, 2019). In consequence of this, the terrorist attacks on European soil prompted the design and development of a new set of broader policies and strategies to address, or rather prevent, violent extremist radicalisation from its roots. Specifically, due to the nature of terrorist attacks, P/CVE policies have focused primarily on violent Islamic radicalization and jihadist terrorism, which remains perceived as the primary violent extremist threat for several European countries (see PARTICIPATION D3.1 for further details)
Community-based strategies and practices for preventing and countering radicalisation and polarisation
The current white paper is part of WP3 of the PARTICIPATION project, and it attempts to formulate specific policies to optimise strategies and interventions against extremism, hate cultures and radicalisation on three levels (micro, meso, macro). By realising the social lab methodology, partners from Italy (CESIE), the Netherlands (HSC), Greece (KMOP), Poland (PPHS) and Romania (PATRIR) identified and provided concrete recommendations for the prevention and the countering of violent extremism, radicalisation and polarisation in local contexts for enhancing the procedure and counteracting the phenomenon. The necessity for a coordinated response, the involvement of various perspectives and actors along with the promotion of relevant education and training programmes have been central to the recommendations of the current paper.
Comparative analysis of P/CVE policies and strategies
The purpose of task T3.1 `General framework. Comparative analysis of existing P/CVE policies` is to provide a comparative, in-depth, critical and multi-level analysis of existing policies in the field of prevention and countering of violent extremism (P/CVE) implemented in Europe over the last few years, assessing their aims and breadth, as well and their strengths and weaknesses. The main output of the comparative analysis performed under T3.1 is a collection of cases highlighting the best practices and lessons learned, which constitute a stepping stone for the task 3.2. and address the social lab participatory strategies.