The project (formally Violent Radicalization and Terrorist Recruitment in Somali-Americans) seeks to address the problem of violent radicalization and terrorist recruitment amongst members of a specific Muslim diaspora community in the United States. It focuses on Somali Americans in Minnesota and St. Paul and the roles of risk and protective processes at different levels (individual, family, socio-cultural, and structural) that impact violent radicalization and recruitment.
This study aims to: