When Extremists Become Violent: Examining the Association Between Social Control, Social Learning, and Engagement in Violent Extremism

Michael H. Becker

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2021, vol. 44, issue 12, 1104-1124

Abstract: This research examines the relationship between social control and social learning variables on involvement in violent vs. non-violent extremism. Using data from the Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) database (n = 1,757), this study presents a series of logistic regressions. Among radicalized individuals, weaker social control and stronger social learning of violence were associated violent over non-violent behavior. These results hold across all models. Taken together, these findings support the role of control and learning theories in identifying correlates of violent and non-violent extremism and suggest the possibility of reciprocal and interaction effects for future work.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2019.1626093

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