With the Society for Terrorism Research (STR) 8th Annual International Conference fast approaching, STR, partnered with the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies (CTSS), is launching a series of guest blog posts, written by those who will be presenting their research at STR14. In the second installment of this series Kate Barrelle, a consultant clinical and forensic psychologist, discusses her recently completed PhD research (from Monash University’s Global Terrorism Research Centre, GTReC) on disengagement from, and life after extremism, and outlines a new conceptual model of disengagement called the Pro-Integration Model. Continue reading
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Terrorist Disengagement – An Introduction
In the first episode of a brand new series of audio briefs, CTSS Director, Professor John Horgan presents an overview of Center’s latest work on how and why people walk away from terrorism.
To learn more about this research project:
- Download the one-page project outline here
- CTSS researcher profiles
- Download the mp3 audio file Terrorist Disengagement – An Introduction
Additional reading (all open access)
- Michael Jacobson’s ‘Terrorist Dropouts’
- RAND’s ‘Individual Disengagement from Al Qa’ida-influenced terrorist groups’
- Jessica Stern’s ‘Deradicalization or Disengagement of Terrorists: Is it Possible?’
- @ThoughtsonYemen’s ‘Thoughts on Terrorist Disengagement and CVE’