Disengagement from Violent Extremism
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
May. 31, 2012
ANNOTATION: “The basic argument of this paper is that social identity mechanisms implicated in radicalisation may also constitute a significant and essential component of disengagement, deradicalisation and reintegration – both as a cause and as a consequence. Prevention policies and disengagement interventions can only be successful if we understand how and why people [are] leaving violent and extreme groups” (p. 1). Sections of this paper in addition to an abstract are: radicalization and social identity—the Pyramid model, Staircase to Terrorism model, and the Social Exclusion model; definitions and processes in deradicalization; deradicalization programs for Islamist extremists; exit programs for right wing extremists; deradicalization as offender rehabilitation and reintegration; deradicalization as identity and “role exit”; and a theoretical framework for researching disengagement and deradicalization.
Download/View