https://doi.org/10.4081/psyco.2020.549
The identity of the jihadist and the psychosocial mechanisms of adhesion to the terrorist cause
Published: 21 December 2020
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The elaboration of effective strategies to fight terrorism, such as the Islamist one, must be based on a careful analysis of the phenomenon and of the main actor, the jihadist. Scientific research has given discordant and not fully favorable results towards the acceptance of the hypothesis of a psychopathological component as a cause of radicalization. Rather, the cause must be sought in a multiplicity of factors such as individual, social, political and religious ones. Radicalization, also favored by the wide use of cyberspace by terrorist organizations, therefore plays a role of "resocialization" for all those vulnerable subjects, affected by a deep existential crisis.
How to Cite
Ortenzi, L. (2020). The identity of the jihadist and the psychosocial mechanisms of adhesion to the terrorist cause. Rivista Di Psicopatologia Forense, Medicina Legale, Criminologia, 25(1-2-3). https://doi.org/10.4081/psyco.2020.549