Correction: Orofino (2024). “Groups Are Still a Problem … but a Different One!”: Reflecting on the Role Played by Non-Violent Extremist Groups in the Radicalisation Pathways of Individuals in the UK. Social Sciences 13: 424

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Text Correction

There were the following errors in the original publication (Orofino 2024).

Section 3.1. Data Collection:

Text to be placed: “Access to Channel panels was granted to the author as “an observer” in the period antecedent to the Home Office guidance (communicated to the author in November 2021) restricting Channel panel meetings to external observers, if not specifically authorised by central government”.

With the new text to be published: “Access to Channel panels was granted to the author as “an observer” in the period antecedent to the Home Office guidance (communicated to the author in late 2021) restricting Channel panel meetings to external observers if not specifically authorised by the central government”.

The list Observations:

Text to be placed: “The author attended panel monthly meetings of two Channel panels from April until July 2021”.

With the text to be published: “The author attended panel monthly meetings of two Channel panels for a three-month period in 2021”.

Section 4.3. Vulnerabilities:

Text to be placed: “One of them included a young man (just over 18) who experienced sexual abuse in the family and bullying at school for several years. Channel panel members discussed the justification provided by the young person as he saw the need to defend himself and create a strong personality. As a result, he became very aggressive and had previously assaulted many individuals, including a social worker. Another case discussed was characterised by a very chaotic family background and included a young man (under 18) who had already been referred to a psychiatrist as possibly affected by schizophrenia.¹² The panel was informed that the young man was constantly hearing voices telling him what to do. He was part of a family where the father took his life and the mother (who was not well herself) had to take care of the young person referred to Prevent and three more siblings, all with special educational and developmental needs”.

With the text to be published: “Across the cases observed, a range of vulnerabilities were present including experiences of sexual abuse in the family, school bullying, mental health diagnoses, and complex family settings. These vulnerabilities were identified as contributing to the violent behaviours and susceptibility to radicalisation for the cases observed”.

Acknowledgments:

Text to be placed: “I would like to express my gratitude to all Prevent/Channel practitioners who took time out of their busy schedule to take part in this research. Thanks to David Layton-Scott, East of England Regional Prevent Coordinator for the DfE, for supporting my research for many years and for contributing to it outstandingly. I would also like to publicly thank Sue Smith from Norfolk Channel Panel, the facilitator Lynda Read, and all the members for their incredible support during this research and beyond”.

With the text to be published: “I would like to express my gratitude to all Prevent/Channel practitioners who took time out of their busy schedules to take part in this research”.

The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. These corrections were approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.