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Environment tackled

Description

This tool is useful to asses whether individuals need suport to safeguard them from the risk of being targeted by terrorists and radicalisers

Referring PASTEL cluster

Societal

Objectives

to asses whether individuals need suport to safeguard them from the risk of being targeted by terrorists and radicalisers

Purpose

Risk assessment , Intervention

Target Groups

Individuals at risk of radicalisation

End Users

Local authorities, Professional educators, Helathcare services

Key findings

The VAF consists of 22 factors - across three dimensions: engagement, intent and capability – “that may cause an individual (a) to engage with a terrorist group, (b) to develop the intent to cause harm and (c) to develop the capability to cause harm”. However, it requires much information and it can take a long time to complete a single assessment, thus making the use of it resource intensive

referring project

The Practitioner's Guide to the Galaxy - A Comparison of Risk Assessment Tools for Violent Extremism Authors: Liesbeth van der Heide, Marieke van der Zwan, and Maarten van Leyenhorst