Redirect: Countering Radicalization in Calgary Using Community-Based Policing

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dc.contributor.advisorPeric, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorReyes, John Alexander
dc.contributor.committeememberTerriff, Terry Richard
dc.contributor.committeememberHuebert, Robert Neil
dc.date2023-02
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-25T23:59:15Z
dc.date.available2023-01-25T23:59:15Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-23
dc.description.abstractDuring the height of the wars in Iraq and Syria, the city of Calgary experienced a notable increase in the number of citizens who were radicalized and recruited by the Islamic State (IS). In response, the Calgary Police Service (CPS) attempted a new approach to address radicalization within the city – the Redirect Program. Redirect is a community-based program that forms a partnership between police and civilian professionals to implement an intervention-style counter-radicalization program. The program signified a unique shift in traditional security discourses by suggesting that community involvement and individual stressor mitigation were necessary to prevent an individual from progressing down the path of radicalization. As such, my project focuses on how Redirect understands stressors like marginalization as a pathway to radicalization, and how it integrates civilians into program directives to counter the radicalization process. Using a combination of interviews with Redirect staff and survey data collected from University of Calgary students, my project explores how each of those groups understand the foundational structures of community-based policing and radicalization. The results of my study from the perspective of police suggests that Redirect recognized radicalization as a process and that counter-radicalization needed to be a process in turn as well. It also suggests that intervention-style programs need to address individual stressors on a case-by-base basis. From the student perspective, post-9/11 discourses on Islamic-based terrorism and perceptions of current events were influential in their understanding of radicalization and community-based policing. Moreover, one of the most significant findings of my study is that there was still a notable disconnect between traditional policing systems and the way community-based police programs integrate civilian participation. Students categorically did not clearly differentiate between traditional policing methods and community-based police programs. As such, the perceived limitations and criticisms associated with traditional policing remained present in the way students perceived Redirect, despite the program’s focus on creating pathways to build positive relationships between police and communities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationReyes, J. A. (2023). Redirect: countering radicalization in Calgary using community-based policing (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/115775
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40688
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectRadicalizationen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-baseden_US
dc.subjectPoliceen_US
dc.subjectPolicingen_US
dc.subjectLaw Enforcementen_US
dc.subjectRadicalized Groupen_US
dc.subjectRedirect Programen_US
dc.subjectCalgaryen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectCanadianen_US
dc.subjectExtremismen_US
dc.subjectChannel Strategyen_US
dc.subjectCalgary Police Serviceen_US
dc.subjectCounter-Radicalizationen_US
dc.subjectMarginalizationen_US
dc.subjectInterventionen_US
dc.subjectPost-9/11en_US
dc.subjectSecurityen_US
dc.subjectTerrorismen_US
dc.subject.classificationAnthropology--Culturalen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory--Modernen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory--Canadianen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory--United Statesen_US
dc.subject.classificationLawen_US
dc.subject.classificationEthnic and Racial Studiesen_US
dc.titleRedirect: Countering Radicalization in Calgary Using Community-Based Policingen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMilitary & Strategic Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Strategic Studies (MSS)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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