This book presents an in-depth analysis of how statutory and third sector organisations have
faced the challenge of dealing with former ¿terrorists¿. Offering a theoretically robust
empirically rich account of work with ex-prisoners and those considered ¿at risk¿ of
involvement in extremism in the United Kingdom Marsden dissects the problems governments are
facing in dealing with the effects of 'radicalisation'. Increasingly governments are
struggling with the challenge of dealing with those who have become involved in extremism and
yet comparatively little is known about how and why people renounce violence. Nor are existing
efforts to ¿deradicalise¿ extremists well understood.Arguing that reintegration is a more
appropriate framework than ¿deradicalisation¿ Marsden looks in detail at the mechanisms by
which people can be supported to move away from extremism. By drawing out implications for
policy practice and academic debates around disengagement from radical subcultures this book
makes a significant contribution to an issue only likely to grow in importance for scholars of
criminological theory terrorism and justice.
