Coping with Radicalization and Managing Exit and Reintegration

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

The current panel, hosted by the National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center of Excellence for the Department of Homeland Security, addresses challenges faced by family members of homegrown violent extremists, individuals who have been involved in and potentially incarcerated for violent extremism related offenses, and stakeholders who help manage the exit and reintegration of those individuals back into the community. Drawing on interviews from three unique, though interconnected groups, the presentations in this panel first address challenges with how family members cope with a loved one’s radicalization, next address challenges with one’s own reintegration into the community, and finally outline how practitioners can support individuals on this pathway.

Sub Unit

• Area III. Types of Offending / 20. State Crime, Political Crime, and Terrorism

Individual Presentations

• Coping with radicalization: An examination of grief experiences among family members of homegrown violent extremists - Karyn Sporer, University of Maine; Brooke Buxton, University of Nebraska Omaha / NCITE

• Managing the Exit of Incarcerated Violent Extremists in the Community: Perspectives from Involved Individuals - Isaac Moelter, University of Nebraska Omaha / NCITE; Noah Turner, University of Nebraska Omaha / NCITE; Erin M. Kearns, University of Nebraska Omaha / NCITE; Sadaf Hashimi, University of Nebraska Omaha; Zachary Hamilton, University of Nebraska Omaha

• Exploring practitioner perspectives on the exit and reintegration of federally-incarcerated extremists - Noah Turner, University of Nebraska Omaha / NCITE; Isaac Moelter, University of Nebraska Omaha / NCITE; Erin M. Kearns, University of Nebraska Omaha / NCITE; Sadaf Hashimi, University of Nebraska Omaha; Zachary Hamilton, University of Nebraska Omaha

Chair

• Karyn Sporer, University of Maine

Discussant

• Paul Gill, University College of London

Organized by a Division or external group?

National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) & the Division on Terrorism & Bias Crimes