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Understanding of Characteristics and Motivations of U.S. Hate Crime Offenders: On June 23, 2022, the SLATT team, with support from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Hate Crimes Prevention Collaboration Committee, hosted a webinar focused on hate crimes. The guest speaker for the event was Dr. Mike Jensen, who serves as the Radicalization and Disengagement Portfolio Lead at START. Dr.
Changing Landscape of Terrorism and Violent Extremism: On May 3, 2022, the SLATT team hosted a webinar focused on terrorism and violent extremism. START Director, William Braniff, facilitated the webinar as the guest speaker and provided an overview of the threat landscape, noting that violent extremism motivations and ideologies change over time, interact with the information environment in new and different ways, and often generate violence utilizing a variety of weapons, tactics, and targets.
