Radical: If something is considered extremist or very different from anything that has come before it, call it radical. Radicalisation is defined as the action or process of causing someone to adopt radical positions on political or social issues. There are two other words we often associate with radicalism: Jihad: striving; ‘effort’ or ‘struggle’. […]
I recommend these two articles:
http://www.eip.org/en/news-events/eip-explainer-understanding-radicalisation
http://www.egmontinstitute.be/content/uploads/2016/05/ep84.pdf?type=pdf
Take a look at the speech by European Commissioner Jourová on radicalisation in prisons (27.2.2018):
Associate Professor Jonathan Githens-Mazer from the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at Exeter provides an insight into the question of radicalisation:
This is an interesting approach of tackling extremism, I advise you to take a look @Fighting extremism with animation:
I`m sharing a quote on de-radicalisation:
“I believe that preventing radicalisation is far more efficient than de-radicalisation, meaning stopping someone joining is a lot easier than trying to pull someone out once they’ve joined.”
Majjid Nawaz, British activist and politician