In this episode we chat with one of the world’s leading experts on terrorist psychology, Dr John Horgan. John is a distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Georgia State University where he directs the Violent Extremism Research Group. His research examines terrorist behaviour. His current focus is on school shootings in the US, and the critical disconnect that happens where offenders leak their intent but no one reports to an adult or authority. We delve a little further into this and what we can do in the intervention space to ensure that the warning signs are not ignored.

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FURTHER LINKS RELATING TO THIS EPISODE

• Lessons From a Mass Shooter’s Mother
• Studying the Links Between White Supremacist Terrorists and School Shooters
• Understanding and preventing violent extremism in school settings 
• Unesco: Teacher’s Guide on the Prevention of Violent Extremism
• The critical role of friends in networks for countering violent extremism: toward a theory of vicarious help-seeking
• AVERT Webinar - 'Terrorist Minds' with Professor John Horgan