A journey to the inside of terrorism to understand it, prevent it and reinsert
On the occasion of the V International Congress of the Spanish Scientific Society of Social Psychology and the XVI National Congress of Social Psychology in Burgos, Spain, this article was dedicated to Angel Gómez and his research. Read the article published in the...
Conference: What I/we learned in prison
A model for the prevention of violent radicalization and de-radicalization / disengagement, from the theory of identity fusion. For this year’s celebration of the patron of Psychology, on 24 February in the Faculty of Psychology, UNED, in Madrid, Professor Ángel Gómez...
Researchers Interview Jihadists and Violent Gang Members to See What Drives Them
In a fascinating new study, Ángel Gómez and his research team, together with scientists at the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War Centre and Artis International, have delved into the minds of convicted Islamic terrorists in an attempt to find out...
Willingness to sacrifice among convicted Islamist terrorists versus violent gang members and other criminals
This is the first direct comparison in history between convicted jihadists, Latino gang members (like MS-13), and delinquent bands with non-Muslim and Muslim controls. Although other studies suggest that terrorists can have much in common with criminal offenders when...
The devoted actor’s will to fight and the spiritual dimension of human conflict
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