Family attempts to intervene in extremism fail more often than they succeed

Evidence

Failed Interventions In 19 cases, interviewees indicated that they experienced interventions that failed. These cases most often involved family members who tried to intervene. — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America, 47

Categorization

• QUESTION: Directly relevant to the withdrawal-of-conflict test: family pressure is the highest-touch intervention yet fails most — possibly because it reads as control/attack rather than genuine concern. Does a softer family approach fare differently?
• XREF: connects to: Family interventions into spiritual involvement can humiliate rather than persuade the target — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice: How to Communicate…, 468; Direct family confrontation often backfires or has no effect on committed extremists. — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 451

Broader Connections

• Direct family confrontation often backfires or has no effect on committed extremists. #corroborates (0.95) — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America, 451
• Family interventions into spiritual involvement can humiliate rather than persuade the target #expands (0.82) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 468