Linking Conspiracy Beliefs and Violent Anti-Government Extremism: Mitigating the Threat with Procedurally Just Governance

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Kristina Murphy Adrian Cherney Keiran Hardy Sabryna Sas Emma Shakespeare a Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australiab School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustraliaKristina Murphy is a Professor of Criminology at Griffith University. With a PhD in psychology, Kristina’s research integrates psychological, criminological and socio-legal theories to better understand why people trust authorities, and why they defy or comply with authorities and their rules and regulations. She is widely recognised for her research on procedural justice.Adrian Cherney is a Professor of Criminology at University of Queensland. His research is aimed at countering violent extremism and he undertakes research on violent extremism risk assessment.Keiran Hardy is an Associate Professor in the Griffith Criminology Institute and School of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Griffith University. His research interests include counter-terrorism law, countering violent extremism, radicalisation, intelligence whistleblowing and cyber-terrorism.Sabryna Sas is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Griffith Criminology Institute at Griffith University. Her current research interests focus on the link between conspiracy beliefs and violent extremism.Emma Shakespeare is a PhD candidate in the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice and a research assistant in the Griffith Criminology Institute at Griffith University. Her research interests centre on the policing of sovereign citizens and conspiracy theorists.

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