Salman, Nadine and Al-Attar, Zainab
(2023).
Neurodivergence and Violent Extremism: Aggregate Data for 18 International Case Studies, 2023.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
UK Data Service.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-856832
This is one of the projects managed under the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST).
This project aims to consolidate best practice in assessing the risk of extremism in individuals. Specifically, this project examines neurodivergence in the context of extremism vulnerability, risk, resilience, and opportunities for risk management.
Data description (abstract)
This research adopted a case study analysis approach, analysing a novel dataset of 18 closed-source international cases of individuals with extremism concerns who were diagnosed with, or undergoing diagnosis for, autism. This file provides a summary of the data relating to specific variables collected as part of this research. The variables presented here include additional metadata about the cases, primarily comprising categorical variables used to summarise the cases. The remaining data was obtained through qualitative case study summaries which were aggregated and summarised in the research paper. This qualitative data is not included in this document due to the sensitivity and potentially identifiable information provided in the case study summaries.
This document contains two sheets:
1. Variables Collected
This sheet summarises the variables collected, the type of data collected for each of these variables, and the categorical options for categorical variables that were coded at the point of data entry.
2. Data Summary
This sheet presents a summary of the data collected across all the cases. Due to the sensitivity and personal information contained in the original dataset, the data are presented in tables which are aggregated across cases. This is to ensure that no single case is identifiable from the data.
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| Contributors: |
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| Sponsors: |
ESRC
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| Grant reference: |
ES/V002775/1
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| Topic classification: |
Law, crime and legal systems
Psychology
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| Keywords: |
POLITICAL EXTREMISM, RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM, RADICALIZATION, TERRORISM, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
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| Project title: |
Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST): Practice Consolidation And Assessment
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| Grant holders: |
Stacey Conchie, Paul Taylor, Zainab Al-Attar
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| Project dates: |
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| 30 September 2020 | 30 November 2023 |
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| Date published: |
21 Dec 2023 13:12
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| Last modified: |
22 Dec 2023 11:19
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| Collection period: |
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| 1 July 2023 | 30 September 2023 |
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| Country: |
United Kingdom, Autralia |
| Data collection method: |
These cases were sourced from closed-source data held by public authorities, including law enforcement, corrective services, forensic mental health services, and fixated threat assessment centres, in the UK and Australia.
Case formulation summaries were provided by practitioners (forensic psychologists, forensic psychiatrists, and autism specialist extremism intervention practitioners) with direct knowledge of the cases.
Case study data was collected using a data collection template (available via OSF, see linked resource). |
| Observation unit: |
Individual |
| Kind of data: |
Numeric, Text |
| Type of data: |
Qualitative and mixed methods data |
| Resource language: |
English |
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.
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| Publisher: |
UK Data Service
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| Last modified: |
22 Dec 2023 11:19
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