Countering Violent Extremism

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''DHS and DOJ have responsibility fortraining state and local lawenforcement and community memberson how to defend against violentextremism—ideologically motivatedviolence to further political goals.Community members and advocacyorganizations have raised concernsabout the quality of some CVE-relatedtraining that DOJ and DHS provide orfund. As requested, GAO examined (1)the extent to which DHS and DOJ haveidentified and communicated topicsthat CVE-related training shouldaddress to their components and stateand local partners, (2) any concernsraised by state and local partners whohave participated in CVE-relatedtraining provided or funded by DHS orDOJ, and (3) actions DHS and DOJhave taken to improve the quality ofCVE-related training. GAO reviewedrelevant documents, such as trainingparticipant feedback forms and DHSand DOJ guidance; and interviewedrelevant officials from DHS and DOJcomponents. This is a public version ofa sensitive report that GAO issued inSeptember 2012. Information that theFBI deemed sensitive has beenredacted.''

Bol Partner

Terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism dominate sociological, political and cultural concerns in today’s polarized social and political world. However, the role of governments and issues relating to state terrorism and the counter-terror state remain important considerations. This book presents an understanding of the concept of Countering Violent Extremism from a critical terrorism studies perspective using case studies from different countries while examining the issues it raises. Extremism and violence do not emerge in a vacuum – nor do the policies that counter these concerns. There are no simple solutions to violent extremism but the fixation on ideology can do more harm than good.