# Conveyor Belt Model **Entity class:** Contested radicalization model **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The **conveyor belt model** treats radicalization as a linear progression from grievance or nonviolent extremism toward terrorist violence. Critics argue that it collapses attitudes into behavior, overlooks divergent and reversible pathways, and generates false positives when used as a screening model. ## Relationships - **critiqued by:** [[wiki/ABC Model|ABC Model]] and nonlinear radicalization research. - **associated policy debate:** [[wiki/Prevent Strategy|Prevent Strategy]]. - **contrasted with:** [[wiki/Complex Contagion|Complex Contagion]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/A Network-Epidemiological Analysis of Radicalization and Real-Time Counterterrorism Observability|Network-Epidemiological Analysis]]