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Hanover (dpa / lni) - A research group from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena has presented an expert opinion on the early detection and avoidance of radicalization for the Lower Saxony State Prevention Council.
Justice Minister Barbara Havliza (CDU) spoke on Tuesday in Hanover of an important basis: “If we want to fight extremism in the long term, we need well-founded knowledge about radicalization processes.
The report shows us that people do not become extremists overnight. "
For the 170-page report, developmental psychologist Andreas Beelmann and his team evaluated hundreds of research papers on radicalization processes over a period of four years. The thesis contains a list of recommendations for action to protect against radicalization. This includes practicing tolerance and accepting being different from an early age, promoting self-esteem and recognition in young people and strengthening resistance to ideologies, as the ministry further announced.
In a radicalization model, Beelmann shows that extremism can essentially be traced back to problematic developments in four core areas: an early manifestation of stable prejudices, disruptions in the development of identity in adolescence, turning to extremist ideologies and increased propensity for violence.
Protective factors could be built up against this, with effective prevention being anchored in the biographical development of people.
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Expert opinion “Development-oriented prevention of radicalization.
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