Evident and Effective? The Challenges, Potentials and Limitations of Evaluation Research on Preventing Violent Extremism

Abstract: Radicalization and its prevention have increasingly become the subject of public debate in academia and in the political arena. The impact of prevention efforts is subject to public scrutiny – not only because these efforts, if successful, contribute to the common good, but also because many countries have increased public spending on prevention based on this justification. Evaluations can analyze impact and effectiveness and thereby advance knowledge about how prevention operates within different social contexts and what kind of outcomes it produces. However, there are significant challenges to developing a robust basis of evidence in the field of Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE). On the one hand, practitioners and scholars debate the notion of “evidence-based approaches”, e.g. with regard to methods of data collection or appropriate evaluation designs, while some fundamentally question the concept itself. On the other hand, expectations regarding the capability and feasib.... https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/3801

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Evident and Effective? The Challenges, Potentials and Limitations of Evaluation Research on Preventing Violent Extremism ; volume:14 ; number:2 ; day:17 ; month:09 ; year:2020 ; International journal of conflict and violence ; 14, Heft 2 (17.09.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Nehlsen, Inga ; Biene, Janusz ; Coester, Marc ; Greuel, Frank ; Milbradt, Björn ; Armborst, Andreas

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/ijcv-3801
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020111818365331705835
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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