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Willingness in community to report suspicious behaviour and voice concerns

This indicator can encompass the reporting of behaviour and concerns to family and friends, community leaders, religious leaders, police or other government departments and authorities.

Outcomes

Diversion

  • Individuals at risk of radicalisation to violent extremism are identified

    To ensure individuals at risk of radicalising to violent extremism are diverted and do not engage in violence, it is necessary for the community to have both the capacity and motivation to identify and report individuals at risk. To be able to do this, the community needs to be aware of violent extremism and related issues and be willing to report suspicious behaviour and voice concerns.

Ways to measure

See the Countering Violence Extremism Evaluation Indicator Document [Pp 81-85] for practical suggestions on ways to measure such as survey instruments, example questions and using administrative data.

  • Willingness to report terrorism-related information to police scale
  • Peer-Assistance Barometer
  • Focus groups or interviews to examine willingness to report suspicious behaviour as well as thresholds and barriers for sharing information with authorities.