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Radicalisation of ‘lone actors’

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Radicalisation of ‘lone actors’. / O’connor, Francis; Lindekilde, Lasse; Malthaner, Stefan.
The Routledge Handbook on Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation. ed. / Joel Busher; Leena Malkki; Sarah Marsden. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2023. p. 213-230.

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review

Harvard

O’connor, F, Lindekilde, L & Malthaner, S 2023, Radicalisation of ‘lone actors’. in J Busher, L Malkki & S Marsden (eds), The Routledge Handbook on Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation. Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 213-230. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003035848-16

APA

O’connor, F., Lindekilde, L., & Malthaner, S. (2023). Radicalisation of ‘lone actors’. In J. Busher, L. Malkki, & S. Marsden (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook on Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation (pp. 213-230). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003035848-16

Vancouver

O’connor F, Lindekilde L, Malthaner S. Radicalisation of ‘lone actors’. In Busher J, Malkki L, Marsden S, editors, The Routledge Handbook on Radicalisation and Countering Radicalisation. Taylor and Francis Inc. 2023. p. 213-230 doi: 10.4324/9781003035848-16

Bibtex

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