Confidential research used by the government as the basis for identifying radicalisation in the controversial Prevent programme relies on flawed science, a group of academics has claimed. Referrals to Channel can come from teachers, social workers, healthcare workers and police. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Referrals can come from teachers, social workers, healthcare workers and police. Anti-radicalisation strategy lacks evidence base in science | Letters Read moreThe “Science of Pre-crime” report has prompted more than 140 academics and experts, including Noam Chomsky, to sign an open letter protesting against the lack of transparency and scrutiny of the science that underpins key aspects of the government’s domestic counter-terrorism strategy. She said there was nothing in the study that had not been included in the published report, which had been peer-reviewed blind.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2016 23:01 UTC