Youth CVE

By Sarah Stevenson & Dr Steven Barracosa At risk and radicalised youth represent one of the most complex and consequential challenges facing contemporary CVE practice given the intersection of adolescent vulnerability, search for belonging, identity formation and exposure to extreme material and polarising online environments. The role and impact of family systems and dynamics have ...

By Kawser Ahmed As the nation mourns after Canada’s deadliest school shooting in modern history, a question looms for people both close to the events and further away: Why? As with other mass shootings, this painful question is complex and difficult to answer. As reported by the New York Times, an investigation into the shooter’s ...

By Sarah Stevenson and Dr Steve Barracosa Practitioners working in the field of countering violent extremism (CVE) are routinely exposed to confronting and offensive ideas and content, including graphic violence, gore, hate, terrorist propaganda and ideologies. Despite this, there is a relative gap in the literature considering the experiences and well-being of practitioners undertaking this ...