Reports

Reports​

Academic, NGO and think tank reports relevant to advocacy against counter-extremism policy, including global CVE and Britain’s Prevent strategy.

People's Review of Prevent

The People’s Review of Prevent is an alternative review to the Government Shawcross Review.

This review provides a voice to the people most impacted by the Prevent Duty.

Prevent is described as ‘safeguarding’ children from harms. However, under Prevent, safeguarding is focused on protecting the wider public from children believed to be ‘risky’, rather than protecting children from harms.

Throughout our report we present case studies that show how real these harms can be and the distress they cause to children and their families and carers.

More Reports

These reports relate to Prevent. Some feature Prevent Watch contributions, including our cases

The Dinner Table Prejudice: Islamophobia in Contemporary Britain

T report argues that Islamophobia comes in two different types: religious Islamophobia and racial Islamophobia - and each requires a different response...

Preventing Safeguarding: The Prevent strategy and children’s rights

This publication critically examines Prevent, placing children’s rights and well-being at the centre of the analysis, and concludes that the policy is failing children...

British media coverage of Muslims and Islam: A report by the MCB

British media coverage of Muslims and Islam reflects the scale of negative reporting in media in the UK, and offers suggestions for more ethical coverage...

New report on Henry Jackson Society and others reveal their threat to democracy

 A new report entitled The Henry Jackson Society: The Threat to British Democracy Caused by Security Think Tanks explores the impact that security think tanks are having on societal cohesion in the UK. Authored by authored by Richard...

Islamophobia in Scotland: A report by the Cross-Party Group on Tackling Islamophobia

The issue of Islamophobia in Scotland, prompted the CPG on Tackling Islamophobia to organise an inquiry, which resulted in this report...

Revealed: Secret Vulnerability Support Hubs in the UK health sector

Secretive ‘Vulnerability Support Hubs’ in the British public health care system was exposed through this report by MedAct, essential for those concerned with the collision between counter-extremism and mental health...

The Prevent Duty in UK Higher Education: Insights from 157 FOI Requests

How the Prevent Duty has impacted UK higher education forms the crux of this journal article based on 157 FOI requests to higher education institutions in the UK in 2020...

False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare

Of key interest to researchers into the harms of counter-extremism and its self-reinforcement through statistics, this report reveals how 'false positives' are embedded in the pre-crime theories driving counter-extremism...

Islam on Campus: Perceptions and challenges facing Muslims in the UK

Emerging from the ‘Re/presenting Islam on campus’ project, this 2020 report offered the first cross-sector examination of how Muslims on UK campuses are viewed and treated...