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Section 3
Potential Risk Factors

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National Institute of Justice

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- Smith, Ph.D., Allison G. (June 2018). Risk Factors and Indicators Associated with Radicalization to Terrorism in the United States. National Institute of Justice, p. 1-6.
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Update
Resilience against radicalization and extremism in schools: Development of a psychometric scale

Eldor, D. S., Lindholm, K., Chavez, M. H., Vassanyi, S., Badiane, M. O. I., Yaldizli, K., Frøysa, P., Haugestad, C. A. P., & Kunst, J. R. (2022). Resilience against radicalization and extremism in schools: Development of a psychometric scale. Frontiers in psychology, 13, 980180. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.980180

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Borum, R. (2015). Assessing risk for terrorism involvement. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 2(2), 63–87.

Ehsan, N., Hassan, B., Saleem, T., & Iqbal, N. (2021). Development and validation of Risk Assessment Tool for Extremism (RATE) for young people in Pakistan. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 27(2), 240–255.

Lloyd, M., & Dean, C. (2015). The development of structured guidelines for assessing risk in extremist offenders. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 2(1), 40–52.

Meloy, J. R., Goodwill, A. M., Meloy, M. J., Amat, G., Martinez, M., & Morgan, M. (2019). Some TRAP-18 indicators discriminate between terrorist attackers and other subjects of national security concern. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 6(2), 93–110.

Reiter, J., Doosje, B., & Feddes, A. R. (2021). Radicalization and deradicalization: A qualitative analysis of parallels in relevant risk factors and trigger factors. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 27(2), 268–283.

Sarma, K. M. (2017). Risk assessment and the prevention of radicalization from nonviolence into terrorism. American Psychologist, 72(3), 278–288. 

QUESTION 3
What are the potential risk factors associated with engaging or attempting to engage in terrorism among lone-actor terrorists in the U.S.? To select and enter your answer go to Test.