Kuala Lampur, Aug. 20 -- Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE) is an emerging crime-prevention challenge that requires attention, but also conceptual and legal precision. Nihilism, broadly understood, is the rejection of established moral, social, religious or ideological values and the belief that life, institutions or conventional systems of meaning have little or no inherent purpose or value. In the context of NVE, this can manifest as hostility towards society, fascination with destruction and violence, or a desire to cause harm without a coherent political, religious or ideological objective.

NVE may therefore involve individuals drawn towards violence through personal grievance, misanthropy, misogyny, incel subcultures, fascination wi...