RT Article
T1 On leaving criminal organizations
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 55
IS 4
SP 261
OP 276
A1 Bovenkerk, Frank 1943-
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1854993496
AB Terrorist organizations, groups, cells or just ‘bunches of guys’ are systematically compared with other types of criminal or deviant organizations: organized crime such as the mafia, street gangs and religious sects. Of course there are many differences between them, especially where motivation is concerned, but they share the common factor that it is almost impossible or very difficult for individual members to step out. However, de-radicalization may follow analogous paths: aging out, accepting exit programs in prison or disengaging ideologically. The article discusses the obstacles that a government strategy that encourages desistance from terrorism by stepping out may encounter. It may be sufficient and more realistic to discourage radicals from using violence than to try to de-radicalize them by using counternarrative techniques.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 274-276
K1 Criminal Justice System
K1 Criminal Organization
K1 Organize Crime
K1 Social Capital
K1 Terrorist Organization
DO 10.1007/s10611-011-9281-x