Radicalization is the process which allows anyone, whether it is an individual, a group, or a mass of people to transform from being passive to engage in extreme violent behavior to support a cause. This paper analyzes the impact of psychological and sociological radical factors on people, and what make them radicalized to terrorism. It analyzes a broad summary of psychological and sociological factors, as they relate to the radicalization process. The approach of this paper is from a social psychological perspective, utilizing the results of psychological and sociological findings of recently published studies to analyze the behavioral aspects of terrorism. This paper attempts to gain psychological and sociological insights into the minds
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Before the attacks on the World Trade Center on September the 11th, 2001, radicalized people and terrorist groups have threatened the world stability and security. (DeJacimo, 2015) Terrorist attacks that took place in Bali, London, and Madrid by people and groups radicalized by violent extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, (ISIL) have caused the media to pay attention to their actions, without a true understanding of what encourages someone to become a violent, radicalized extremist. (DeJacimo, 2015)
Defining Radicalization
The definition of radicalization is the process by which a person or group adopts violent extremist behaviors or beliefs with a particular emphasis on ideologies, that encourage violent actions that challenges and demoralize the beliefs of the general population. To fully define the radicalization process of a person is difficult, as it varies among different geographical areas and cultures. (DeJacimo, 2015)
Factors that Influences …show more content…
Indonesia is utilizing a program in which former terrorists, who are now law-abiding citizens, convince former terrorists that violence against civilians reflects badly on the image of Islam. (DeAngelis, 2009)
Conclusion
Chemical and Biological weapons along with advanced technologies in the wrong hands such as those of a person or group that progresses towards violent extremes are a serious threat to the world’s security. This would cause untold physical and psychological suffering to millions of people. The process of radicalization is not mysterious, and one reason cannot explain why it takes place.
Group dynamics, pressure from peers, fear of isolation, and the quest for significance are all factors that influence a person to use violent extremism as a way to support a cause. The suggestion to use sociological and psychological factors as an interactive process can deter these factors that lead to
Before the attacks on the World Trade Center on September the 11th, 2001, radicalized people and terrorist groups have threatened the world stability and security. (DeJacimo, 2015) Terrorist attacks that took place in Bali, London, and Madrid by people and groups radicalized by violent extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, (ISIL) have caused the media to pay attention to their actions, without a true understanding of what encourages someone to become a violent, radicalized extremist. (DeJacimo, 2015)
Defining Radicalization
The definition of radicalization is the process by which a person or group adopts violent extremist behaviors or beliefs with a particular emphasis on ideologies, that encourage violent actions that challenges and demoralize the beliefs of the general population. To fully define the radicalization process of a person is difficult, as it varies among different geographical areas and cultures. (DeJacimo, 2015)
Factors that Influences …show more content…
Indonesia is utilizing a program in which former terrorists, who are now law-abiding citizens, convince former terrorists that violence against civilians reflects badly on the image of Islam. (DeAngelis, 2009)
Conclusion
Chemical and Biological weapons along with advanced technologies in the wrong hands such as those of a person or group that progresses towards violent extremes are a serious threat to the world’s security. This would cause untold physical and psychological suffering to millions of people. The process of radicalization is not mysterious, and one reason cannot explain why it takes place.
Group dynamics, pressure from peers, fear of isolation, and the quest for significance are all factors that influence a person to use violent extremism as a way to support a cause. The suggestion to use sociological and psychological factors as an interactive process can deter these factors that lead to