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. 2022 Apr 25;13:788154. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.788154

Table 1.

Radical conduct.

Case Gender Age Radical behaviors Police charge Online contact Physical encounter Converted to Islam
1 F 14 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter and physical meetings with other individuals sharing her ideology; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet; recruited peers into the group; made plans to go to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone; announced plans on the internet to carry out attacks. AMT Yes Yes Yes
2 F 14 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet; recruited peers into the group; made plans to go to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone; announced plans on the internet to carry out attacks. AMT Yes No Yes
3 F 16 Had a physical encounter with an ISIS recruiter and physical encounters with others who share her ideology; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet; recruited peers into the group; planned attacks registered on the internet; attempted to go to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone. AMT Yes Yes No
4 F 16 Had internet exchanges with an ISIS recruiter imprisoned in France; identified with a radical ideology; verbalized plans to go to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone. AMT Yes No No
5 M 14 Made bomb threat calls to train stations and called the French Department of Homeland Security threatening to cut off the head of the Prime Minister in the name of ISIS and threatening to rape the woman telephone operator. AT No No No
6 M 14 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter and physical encounters with others who shared his ideology; recruited peers into the group; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet; made plans for attacks reported on the internet. AMT Yes Yes Yes
7 M 14 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter; planned attacks registered on the internet; initiated a violent act with a knife but stopped himself. AMT Yes No No
8 M 15 While hospitalized in a child psychiatry unit, said anti-Semitic things; supported the 9/11 attacks and said he wanted to take up arms to defend Muslims and kill Jews. No No No Yes
9 M 15 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter; planned attacks registered on the internet; initiated a violent act with a knife but stopped himself. AMT Yes No No
10 M 15 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet. AMT Yes No No
11 M 15 Went with his two older brothers to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone, and they returned on their own a year and a half later. AMT Yes Yes No
12 M 15 Before the radical behaviour, organized a false bomb alarm at a train station. Then, had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet; planned attacks registered on the internet; had physical encounters with others who shared his ideology; was arrested during an attempt to go to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone; and started a violent act with a knife but was interrupted by the police. AMT Yes Yes No
13 M 16 While hospitalized in adult psychiatry, was very hostile toward the medical staff and called them miscreants and racists and threatened them several times with repercussions in the name of Islam. No No No No
14 M 16 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet; verbalized a plan to go to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone. AMT Yes No No
15 M 16 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet; verbalized a plan to go to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone; announced plans on the internet to attack the homosexual community. AMT Yes No No
16 M 16 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet; verbalized a plan to go to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone. AMT Yes No No
17 M 17 Had virtual exchanges with an ISIS recruiter and physical encounters with others who shared his ideology; engaged in radical proselytizing on the internet; verbalized a plan to go to the Iraqi-Syrian war zone. AMT Yes Yes Yes
18 M 18 Watched audio-visual content promoting violence in the name of Islam on the internet; engaged in radical proselytizing in his environment; attempted suicide via defenestration while screaming ‘Allahu Akbar'. No No No Yes
19 M 19 Was introduced to the ideology by his sister; had virtual exchanges with and made money transfers to members of ISIS in Syria. AMT Yes No Yes
20 M 19 He watched content promoting violence in the name of Islam on the internet and told his mother he wanted to take up arms against the ‘racist French'. No No No Yes

AMT, criminal association to commit terrorism; AT, advocating for terrorism.