Waiting for a Tragedy? Exploring the Czech Republic’s Ability to Detect Radicalised Individuals
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Politics in Central Europe |
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| web | article - open access |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pce-2024-0016 |
| Keywords | radicalisation; counter-radicalisation; extremism; the Czech Republic; security |
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| Description | Radicalisation had long been seen as something foreign, belonging more to Western Europe than to post-communist Central Europe. Considering the recent events in the Czech Republic and the 2022 Bratislava shooting, the article investigates the Concept of the Fight against Extremism and Prejudicial Hatred 2021–2026 to explore the currently involved stakeholders in its efforts to detect radicalised individuals vis-a-vis possible radicalisation-related threats emerging from its contemporary extremist landscape. As the document solely centres on the Police, Prison Service and the Probation and Mediation Service, it turns to similar institutions and services in Slovakia and Germany to outline potential inspiration and solutions for the Czech Republic. By synthesising this with the reasoning about the effective detection of radicalised individuals of predecessor Czech scholars, the article concludes that the MoI’s 2025–2026 action plan should incorporate three other stakeholders, i.e. 1) teachers, 2) children, teenagers and young people, and 3) the general public, to more appropriately meet the B2-specific objective and, crucially, to more adequately address the contemporary complexity of radicalisation. |
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