Sarah Louise Carthy
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. S.L. Carthy
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 9506
- s.l.carthy@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6421-1905
Dr. Sarah Carthy is an assistant professor in terrorism an political violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. She is a graduate of the University of Galway where she completed her BA and PhD in Psychology. Her research mainly focuses on radicalization, evidence-based approaches to prevention and understanding non-involvement in terrorist violence. As part of her project on preventing and measuring radicalization, Sarah Carthy is leading a team synthesizing evidence on psychometric measures of extremism and school-based radicalization-prevention interventions. Preventing and measuring radicalization: An evidence synthesis’ (Dutch Ministry of Education ‘Starter Grant’ 2024-2029)
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Research Output
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Adverse childhood experiences, education, and involvement in terrorist violence -
Researching Extremists and Terrorists: Reflections on Interviewing Hard-to-Reach Populations -
Comparing the Biographical Backgrounds and Radicalization Dynamics of Lone-Actor and Group-Based Terrorists -
What sets extremists who use terrorist violence apart from those who do not? -
The Makings of a Terrorist: Continuity and Change Across Left-, Right- and Jihadist Extremists and Terrorists in Europe and North-America, 1960s-Present -
Countering Terrorist Narratives: Assessing the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Change in Counter-narrative Strategies
Assistant Professor
- Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
- Institute of Security and Global Affairs
- Carthy S.L. & Schuurman B. (2024), Adverse childhood experiences, education, and involvement in terrorist violence: Examining mediation and moderation, Journal of School Psychology 106(101348): .
- Schuurman B.W. & Carthy S.L. (2023), Understanding (non)involvement in terrorist violence: what sets extremists who use terrorist violence apart from those who do not?, Criminology & Public Policy : 1-33.
- Schuurman B.W. & Carthy S.L. (2023), Who commits terrorism alone? Comparing the biographical backgrounds and radicalization dynamics of lone-actor and group-based terrorists, Crime & Delinquency : .
- Schuurman B. & Carthy S.L. (2023), Contextualizing involvement in terrorist violence by considering non-significant findings: using null results and temporal perspectives to better understand radicalization outcomes, PLoS ONE 18(11): e0292941.
- Carthy S.L. & Schuurman B.W. (2023), Researching Extremists and Terrorists: Reflections on Interviewing Hard-to-Reach Populations. In: Díaz-Fernández A.M., Del-Real C. & Molnar L. (Eds.), Fieldwork Experiences in Criminology and Security Studies: Methods, Ethics, and Emotions. Cham: Springer Cham. 375-398.
- Schuurman B.W. & Carthy S.L. (2023), The makings of a terrorist: continuity and change across left-, right- and jihadist extremists and terrorists in Europe and North-America, 1960s-present, Deviant Behavior 44(6): 953-974.
- Sarma K.M., Carthy S.L. & Cox K. (2022), Mental disorder, psychological problems and terrorist behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Campbell Systematic Reviews 18(3): e1268.
- Schuurman B.W. & Carthy S.L. (14 November 2022), Comparing the Red Army Faction to modern-day terrorists: bringing the 'Analysen zum Terrorismus' back into scholarly debate. Leiden Security and Global Affairs Blog. The Hague: Institute of Security and Global Affairs. [blog entry].
- Carthy S.L. & Sarma K.M. (2021), Countering Terrorist Narratives: Assessing the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Change in Counter-narrative Strategies, Terrorism and Political Violence : 1-25.
- Carthy Sarah L., Doody Colm B., Cox Katie, O'Hora Denis & Sarma Kiran M. (2020), Counter‐narratives for the prevention of violent radicalisation: A systematic review of targeted interventions, Campbell Systematic Reviews 16: .