PC4S044-Radicalisation, Psychology and Migration in Terrorism Studies- Curriculum Information

PC4S044 - Radicalisation, Psychology and Migration in Terrorism Studies 01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code:	PC4S044
Module Title:	Radicalisation, Psychology and Migration in Terrorism Studies
Faculty:	Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group:	Policing and Criminology
Faculty Sub Group:	Policing
Module Leader:	Sarah Leonard, Helen Martin
Module Team:	Mike Edwards, Christian Kaunert
First Intended Intake:	SEP 2021	Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value:	20	Credit Level:	7
Language:	English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh:	0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes:	100486 - policing
HECOS Code Weighting:	100

Document Version Information

Version	1
Valid From	01 Sep 2021
Valid To	31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

To facilitate the critical understanding and exploration of radicalisation and the psychology of radicalisation, and migration within the phenomenon of terrorism.

To develop, through analysis and systematic assessment, the phenomenon of radicalisation, its increasingly international character, and the migration linkages to the problem.

Content Summary

Topics may include:

• Definitions, backgrounds and theories
• Terminology and definitions
• Concepts and practices: a brief history of disengagement and deradicalisation
• Psychological approaches to terrorist rehabilitation: direct and indirect mechanisms of deradicalization
• Deradicalization or DDR?: The challenges emerging from variations in forms of territorial control
• “Welcome” home: deradicalization of Jihadi foreign fighters
• Civil actors’ role in deradicalisation and disengagement initiatives: when trust is essential
• Deradicalization through religious education
• United Nations and counter-terrorism: strategy, structure and prevention of violent extremism conducive to terrorism: a practitioner’s view
• Preventing radicalisation and enhancing disengagement in the European Union

Human Rights
a) Violation of Socio-Economic Rights as Root Cause
b) Derogations and permissible limitations to rights
c) The effects on the enjoyment of specific rights: Selected case studies
2. Refugee Law
3. Humanitarian law
International counter-terrorism:
The United Nations
The European Union
The Charter of Fundamental Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights
The regional context of Europe and the Americas
The International Criminal Court & Accountability

Victims:
• Mourning
• Resilience
• Victimhood
• Hierarchy of suffering
• Testimonies of victims of terrorism
• The internet and social media
• Cooperation with victims
• Building and sustaining resilience in the community and at the individual level in Europe
• Assistance to victims
• Case studies:
o ETA victims
o IRA/Northern Ireland victims
o European Jihadi victims
o Victims of left-wing terror
o Victims of far-right terror

Terrorism and Migration:
Indicative content:
Conceptualising terrorism, radicalisation and migration issues.
Orientalism and the Clash of Civilisations
Securitization
Causes of global conflict leading to terrorism, radicalisation and migration issues.
Impact of terrorism, radicalisation and migration issues upon civil liberties.
The historical evolution of the issues of terrorism, radicalisation and migration issues in the 20th Century and early 21st Century.
The impact of terrorism, radicalisation and migration on international (EU) and national systems.
Multiculturalism and Xenophobia
Securitization of migration
Effective pre-emptive/preventive measures.
Terrorism and the suspect community
Dealing with Foreign fighters

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type	Hours
Lecture	12
Seminar	12
Independent Study	80
Directed Study	96
Total Hours Selected	200

Learning Outcomes

#	Learning Outcome
LO1	Critically examine current frameworks of radicalisation, psychology and migration in terrorism.
LO2	Compare and critically distinguish between differing forms of radicalisation and construct arguments which reflect a critical understanding of the topic.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category	Assessment Type	Description	Duration	Word Count	Weight (%)	Best of?	Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment	Report 1	Report demonstrating critical understanding of radicalisation, psychology and migration in terrorism.	0	4500	100	No	40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type	Learning Outcomes
Assessment Type	LO1	LO2
Report 1	✔	✔

Reading List

Booth, K. & T. Dunne (eds.), Worlds in Collision: Terror & the Future of Global Order, (2002)

Combs, C. (2018). Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century, 8th ed. (Routledge).

Crelinsten, R. (2009). Counterterrorism, (Polity).

English, R. (2009). Terrorism: How to Respond, (Oxford University Press).

Hellmich, C. (2011). Al-Qaeda: From Global Network to Local Franchise, (Zed books)

Hoffman, B. (2006) Inside Terrorism, 2nd ed. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Kaunert, C. and K. Zwolski (2013): The EU as a Global Security Actor – a comprehensive analysis beyond CFSP and JHA (with K. Zwolski), (Basingstoke: Palgrave; Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics),

Kaunert, C. and S. Leonard (2013): European Security, Terrorism, and Intelligence, (Basingstoke: Palgrave; Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics series)

Kaunert, C. (2010), European Internal Security – Towards Supranational Governance in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, Manchester: Manchester University Press

Kaunert, C. S. Léonard, and P. Pawlak (eds.) (2012), European Homeland Security: A European strategy in the making?, Abingdon: Routledge

Laqueur, W. (2004), No End to War – Terrorism in the 21st century, (London: Continuum)

Law, R. (2009). Terrorism (Polity).

Martin, G. (2014). Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts & Controversies, 3rd ed. (Sage).

Mitsilegas, V., J. Monar, and W. Rees (2003) The European Union and Internal Security. Guardian of the People? Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Wyn Rees (2006), Transatlantic Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, (London: Routledge).