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Description

"This tool is a self-questionnaire and is designed to measure detainees’ degree of radicalisation, or adherence to violent extremism. SQAT can also provide insight in the impact of deradicalisation programs (by re-assessing over time)."

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Societal

Objectives

SQAT is a self-questionnaire and is designed to measure detainees’ degree of radicalisation, or adherence to violent extremism. SQAT can also provide insight in the impact of deradicalisation programs (by re-assessing over time).

Purpose

Risk assessment , Understanding perspectives

Target Groups

Prisoners

End Users

Prison staff

Key findings

The questionnaire consists of 66 items spread across three scales: ‘needs’; ‘narrative’; and ‘network’ (the 3N-approach). The individuals under assessment have to respond to these items by marking a Likert scale with appropriate labels that indicate the extent to which they agree with a statement, or their degree of endorsement of the statement. The point scale of SQAT is ranging from rarely or never (1) to very often (7). The scores for the questions are then translated into an overall risk level for an individual and provide insight on the level of risk posed by the given individual. SQAT does not require much time nor information on account of the professional. However, the self-questionnaire methodology is more at risk of ‘socially desirable’ answers by the inmates filling them out.

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The Practitioner's Guide to the Galaxy - A Comparison of Risk Assessment Tools for Violent Extremism Authors: Liesbeth van der Heide, Marieke van der Zwan, and Maarten van Leyenhorst