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ERIC Number: ED606035
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 152
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-940983-66-0
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Eroding Trust: The UK's PREVENT Counter-Extremism Strategy in Health and Education
Open Society Justice Initiative
Since the London bombings of July 7, 2005, the threat of terrorist violence in the United Kingdom has not abated. In the face of increased public fears about homegrown terrorism, the UK government has responded with a counter-extremism strategy known as Prevent. From its inception in 2003, the scope of the Prevent strategy has repeatedly been expanded, and its obligations enhanced. In 2015, the strategy imposed a legal duty on schools, colleges, universities, and health bodies to pay "due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism"--effectively requiring teachers, doctors, nurses, and other caregivers to report to the authorities any students and patients seen to be at risk of "extremism". "Eroding Trust" assesses the human rights impact of the United Kingdom's current Prevent strategy in the health and education sectors. Through legal analysis and case studies, the report concludes that Prevent is flawed in both its design and application. Drawing on extensive interviews in towns and cities across Britain, it argues that Prevent is potentially undermining the battle against terrorism--by fueling distrust and feelings of alienation in Britain's Muslim communities.
Open Society Justice Initiative. Open Society Foundations, 224 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. Tel: 212-548-0600; Fax: 212-548-4600; Web site: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/programs/open-society-justice-initiative
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Adult Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Open Society Foundations (OSF)
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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