“Here is Your Shield, Adolescent!”: Expert Insight into Youth Radicalization Prevention in the Czech Republic
Drawing on the experience of 33 Czech experts, the article highlights three recommendations that could help the Czech Republic better protect its adolescent population against far-right radicalization: 1) providing them with the necessary resilience skill set (e.g., critical thinking or knowledge of threats present in cyberspace), 2) monitoring of the implementation of the recently introduced program, “Safe Childhood: A Path Toward Preventing Violence in Society,” which could make psychological and family support more available in the country, and 3) developing a coherent national counter-radicalization strategy encompassing primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention to react to this threat adequately.
Authors
- Miroslav Mareš (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7102-3205)
- Martin Zilvar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1679-3284)
Institutions
- Masaryk University (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Deviant Behavior
- Published
- 2026-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2026.2717600
- Primary Topic
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00