The number of children arrested for terror-related offences has surged - here’s why

Claudia Wallner, research fellow and associate in the Royal United Services Institute’s (RUSI) terrorism and conflict research group, believes the societal shifts of recent years have left young boys behind, and as such vulnerable. “Young boys especially have witnessed many efforts to empower the young girls and women around them, all absolutely necessary to redress historical wrongs,” she said. “But in doing this we have failed to come up with a better idea of what positive masculinity might look like, to find positive role models for boys. Too often, it is people who present themselves as having the answer, like Andrew Tate, who come in and fill this void.”