caa a22 4500 445806141 CHVBK 20180317145157.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10611-011-9282-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10611-011-9282-9 Bjørgo Tore Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Norwegian Police University College, Oslo, Norway aut Dreams and disillusionment: engagement in and disengagement from militant extremist groups [Elektronische Daten] [Tore Bjørgo] People engage in terrorism and similar forms of violent extremism for a variety of reasons, political or non-political. The frequent failure to achieve what they expected or dreamed about is also usually the source of their disillusionment, and subsequently, a main reason to disengage from violent extremism. Individuals involved in terrorism often come from a diversity of social backgrounds und have undergone rather different processes of violent radicalisation. Profiles of terrorists do not work as a tool to identify actual or potential terrorists because such profiles fail to capture the diversity and how people change when they become involved in militant extremism. This study suggests a more dynamic typology of participants in militant groups, based on dimensions which represent dynamic continuums rather than static positions. During their extremist careers individuals may move from resembling one type initially into acquiring more of the characteristics of other types at later stages. When it comes to prevention and intervention measures, one size does not fit them all. The typology may be used as an aid to develop more specific and targeted strategies for preventing violent radicalisation and facilitating disengagement, taking into account the diversity and specific drivers behind different types of activists. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 55/4(2011-05-01), 277-285 0925-4994 55:4<277 2011 55 10611 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9282-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9282-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bjørgo Tore Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Norwegian Police University College, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 55/4(2011-05-01), 277-285 0925-4994 55:4<277 2011 55 10611 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer