# Terrorism and Radicalization [[wiki/Radicalization|Radicalization]] is not one universal conveyor belt. The route must distinguish cognitive radicalization, [[wiki/Radicalization to Violence|radicalization to violence]], [[wiki/Behavioral Mobilization|behavioral mobilization]], capability development, and attack preparation. Most people exposed to extremist content never commit violence. The social layer includes [[wiki/Ideological Transmission|Ideological Transmission]], [[wiki/Complex Contagion|Complex Contagion]], [[wiki/Radicalization Network|Radicalization Network]], [[wiki/Extremist Social Network|Extremist Social Network]], [[wiki/Peer Influence|Peer Influence]], [[wiki/Social Reinforcement|Social Reinforcement]], [[wiki/Propaganda Exposure|Propaganda Exposure]], [[wiki/Extremist Recruitment|Recruitment]], [[wiki/Mobilization to Violence|Mobilization to Violence]], [[wiki/Lone Actor|Lone Actor]], and [[wiki/Lone-Actor Network|Lone-Actor Network]]. The intervention layer includes [[wiki/Countering Violent Extremism|CVE]], [[wiki/Preventing Violent Extremism|PVE]], [[wiki/Disengagement|Disengagement]], [[wiki/Deradicalization|Deradicalization]], protective factors, and threat management. Epidemiological models make exposure, reinforcement, clustering, and transition assumptions explicit; they do not turn belief into infection or agency into pathology. ## Relationships [[wiki/Counterterrorism Collection - Cognitive Warfare and Ideological Transmission|Cognitive Warfare and Ideological Transmission]] · [[wiki/Counterterrorism Collection - Threat Networks|Threat Networks]] · [[wiki/Ideological Transmission as Complex Contagion|Ideological Transmission as Complex Contagion]]