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                            Funding & Awards
 Understanding Pathways to and away from Violent Radicalization among Resettled Somali Refugees
Award Information
Awardee
              Children''s Hospital Corporation
Award #
              2012-ZA-BX-0004
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Boston, MA
Awardee County
              Suffolk
Congressional District
              7
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2012
Total funding (to date)
              $593,894
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2012, $593,894)
The overall objective of the proposed project is to understand pathways to diverse outcomes among Somali refugees: why do some embrace greater openness to violent extremism, while others with shared life histories move towards gangs, crime, or resilient outcomes such as non-violent activism? To what degree do these outcomes overlap? The project will empirically examine the principle of multifinality, or pathways leading from a shared refugee experience to multiple outcomes. Such understanding of different trajectories, and the factors that may shape an individuals progress towards these outcomes, would provide critical information to local and state government agencies as they respond to the potential threat of domestic radicalization. 

The project will examine four aims. Aim 1 is to examine the ways in which various outcomes (radicalization, gang involvement, criminality, and non-violent activism) co-occur or are distinct.
Aim 2 is to examine the multifinality of radicalization by comparatively analyzing how experiences of structural disadvantage and social bonds at Time 1 relate to diverse outcomes (as determined by categories identified in Aim 1). Aim 3 is to examine how posttraumatic growth contributes to the overall model predicting membership in outcome categories. Last, aim 4 is to explore the role of interactions with formal community institutions (ex. police, religious institutions) in shaping the developmental trajectories of Somali refugees.

The project will pursue the above aims through a longitudinal mixed-methods interview design that builds on our long-standing research collaboration with the Somali community. Data collection will take place in four Somali communities in North America. The project expects to provide empirical evidence of specific modifiable indicators related to changes in openness to violent extremism. Empirical validation of a model that can be used to explain the mechanisms that lead youth to be more or less vulnerable to potential recruitment into terrorist organizations would provide concrete, data driven and evidence-led direction for prevention and intervention efforts of local and state criminal justice agencies.ca/ncf



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      The role of discrimination, assimilation, and gender in the mental health of resettled Somali young adults: A longitudinal, moderated mediation analysis
                  You Have to Pay to Live: Somali Young Adult Experiences With the US Health Care System
                  "We All Have Stories": Black Muslim Immigrants' Experience With the Police
                  Factor structure and concurrent validity of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ) in a sample of Somali immigrants living in North America
                  Residential mobility, mental health, and community violence exposure among Somali refugees and immigrants in North America
                  Social Bonds in the Diaspora: The Application of Social Control Theory to Somali Refugee Young Adults in Resettlement
                  Trauma, Trust in Government, and Social Connection: How Social Context Shapes Attitudes Related to the Use of Ideologically or Politically Motivated Violence
                  Building Community Resilience to Violent Extremism Through Genuine Partnerships
                  Understanding Pathways To And Away From Violent Radicalization Among Resettled Somali Refugees
                  Relation of Psychosocial Factors to Diverse Behaviors and Attitudes Among Somali Refugees
                  Protective Factors for Violence Perpetration in Somali Young Adults: The Role of Community Belonging and Neighborhood Cohesion




  
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                      https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37679.v1

  
Date Created: September 26, 2012
    
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