Summary
Launched in 2007, the Prevent programme seeks to stop people becoming terrorists or support terrorism both in the UK and overseas. It is the preventative strand of the government's counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST. Over the past few years Prevent has not been fully effective and needs to change. This review evaluates work to date and sets out how Prevent will be implemented in the future. The new UK government strategy now contains three objectives: to respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism and the threat from those who promote it; to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure that they are given appropriate advice and support; and to work with sectors and institutions where there are risks of radicalisation.
Contents
1. Prevent, the context -- 2. Guiding principles : a framework for Prevent -- 3. A new Prevent strategy -- 4. Objective one : challenging the ideology that supports terrorism and those who promote it -- 5. Objective two : protecting vulnerable people -- 6. Objective three : supporting sectors and institutions where there are risks of radicalisation -- 7. Prevent delivery.