Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (USIP, viewed January 5, 2021).
Contents
Introduction. -- Conflict and terrorism. -- Disorder and structure. -- Communities and groups. -- Individual well-being. -- From risks to strengths.
Summary
Even in brutal and desperate conflict settings, it is possible for people to abandon violence and leave violent groups. Peacebuilders know this well--yet terrorism and counterterrorism policies and practices have often neglected practical ways to address participants in violent extremism and failed to provide them opportunities to reject violence. This report examines how peacebuilding tools can help transform the individual attitudes, group relationships, and social ecosystems and structures needed to facilitate the effective disengagement and reconciliation of former members of violent extremist groups.
