The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) investments have spurred growth in literature addressing terrorism prevention. S&T has delivered dozens of research products, fact sheets, evaluations, and capabilities to practitioners and the general public. This page will provide a full listing of all S&T terrorism prevention publications as they become available.
Understanding Engagement in Violent Extremism
- Addicted to Hate: Identity Residual among Former White Supremacists (2017)
- Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) -- Developing a Research Roadmap (2017)
- Organizational [Dis]trust: Comparing Disengagement Among Former Left-Wing and Right-Wing Violent Extremists (2017)
Developing Local Terrorism Prevention Capabilities
- The Use of a Scenario-Based Nominal Group Technique to Assess P/CVE Programs: Development and Pilot Testing of a Toolkit
- Countering Violent Extremism -- The Application of Risk Assessment Tools in the Criminal Justice and Rehabilitation Process: Literature Review (2018)
- Leveraging a Targeted Violence Prevention Program to Prevent Violent Extremism: A Formative Evaluation in Los Angeles (2018)
- Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) -- Developing a Research Roadmap (2017)
- Countering Violent Extremism -- The Use of Assessment Tools for Measuring Violence Risk: Literature Review (2017)
Evaluating Terrorism Prevention Programs and Interventions
- FY 2016 Violence Prevention Grant Evaluations, October 2021
- Targeted Violence: A Review of the Literature on Radicalization and Mobilization [PDF, 15pgs., 748KB]
- Evaluation of a Targeted Violence Prevention Program in Los Angeles County, California (2021)
- Countering Violent Extremism -- The Application of Risk Assessment Tools in the Criminal Justice and Rehabilitation Process: Literature Review (2018)
- Countering Violent Extremism -- The Use of Assessment Tools for Measuring Violence Risk: Literature Review (2017)
- International Expert Engagement and Analysis of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Evaluations (2017)
Campbell Collaboration Systematic Reviews
- What are the effects of different elements of media on radicalization outcomes? (June 2022)
- Is radicalization a family issue? A systematic review of family-related risk and protective factors, consequences and interventions against radicalization (July 2022)
- Online interventions for reducing hate speech and cyberhate (May 2022)
- Mental disorder, psychological problems and terrorist behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis (August 2022)
- Cognitive and behavioral radicalization: A systematic review of the putative risk and protective factors (2021)
- Multiagency programs with police as a partner for reducing radicalization to violence (2021)
- Police programs that seek to increase community connectedness for reducing violent extremism behavior, attitudes and beliefs (2021)
- Counter-narratives for the prevention of violent radicalisation: a systematic review of targeted interventions (2021)
- Cognitive and behavioral radicalization: A systematic review of the putative risk and protective factors - Wolfowicz - 2021 - Campbell Systematic Reviews - Wiley Online Library
- Multiagency programs with police as a partner for reducing radicalisation to violence - Mazerolle - 2021 - Campbell Systematic Reviews - Wiley Online Library
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Early Skepticism and Needs for Information Among Essential Workers in the USA (October 2021)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns about Safety, Effectiveness and Policies in the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Italy among Unvaccinated Individuals [PDF, 16pgs., 274KB] (October 2021)
Fact Sheets
- Future Flood Insurance Evaluation Fact Sheet (6/2022)
- Supporting Law Enforcement Operations to Combat Internet Crimes Against Children Fact Sheet (10/2021)
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is combating internet crimes against children and child exploitation through its public awareness campaigns, first responder and law enforcement training, investigations and arrests, and identification of and assistance to victims.
- Text-enabled Terrorism Intervention 211 Hotline Fact Sheet (10/2021)
DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) aims to test the effectiveness of existing crisis-center referral protocols from a domestic partner (211 LA) while developing protocols for a text-enabled safe-referral system for friends, family, and others to help connect individuals with relevant prevention and intervention resources (e.g., counselors, social workers, etc.). - Best Practices for Reintegration Programming for Returning Spouses and Children Fact Sheet
The Science and Technology Directorate Reintegration Project for Returning Spouses and Children aims to comprehensively evaluate the existing knowledge and practice of the reintegration of spouses and children associated with foreign terrorist fighters. - Systematic Reviews of Terrorism Prevention Research Fact Sheet
DHS S&T, in coordination with the Five Country Research and Development (5RD) Terrorism Prevention Network, identified a need to conduct systematic reviews of prior research and evaluations. - Terrorism Prevention Grant Evaluation Fact Sheet
Past local terrorism prevention programs did not undergo robust, independent evaluation. To redress this gap, at the request of the DHS Office of Terrorism Prevention Partnerships (OTPP), the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) was looked upon to collaborate with subject matter experts in the field to study these programs’ effectiveness in delivering information about what does and does not work in the prevention space.
News
- News Release: S&T Develops Terrorism Prevention Research Findings Dashboard
Sept. 28, 2018 -- To counter the continually growing and changing threat of violent extremism, DHS S&T has developed a free and publicly accessible research findings dashboard that hosts more than 1,500 cataloged terrorism prevention and countering violent extremism research documents. This dashboard is an agile, multi‑disciplinary knowledge‑based capability that helps to systematically develop a landscape of the existing research in this topic area across multiple disciplines, including social and behavioral science. - News Release: S&T Develops the First Line of Defense Against Acts of Targeted Violence
Aug. 28, 2018 -- Since 2010, the U.S. government has invested more than $20 million into understanding all forms of radicalization to violence, as well as effective prevention and intervention measures. Federal agencies such as the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) are at the forefront of this work. - News Release: Countering Violent Extremism Program Provides Opportunity for First Responders
Aug. 23, 2016 -- CVE opportunities are available for different types of emergency responders. This includes accessing research, expanding the capacity for intervention and facilitating communication.
- Managed the development of the Terrorist and Extremist Violence in the U.S. (TEVUS) database reporting of behavioral, geographic, and temporal characteristics of extremist violence in the U.S. dating from 1970.
- Funded the UMD START program.
- Managed the development of the Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the U.S. (PIRUS) database containing individual-level information on backgrounds, attributes, and radicalization processes of more than 1,800 extremists in the U.S. This database also contains detailed information on U.S.-based foreign terrorist fighters.