Prisoner Radicalization and Terrorism Detention Policy

Taylor & Francis

Prisoner Radicalization and Terrorism Detention PolicyInstitutionalized Fear or Evidence-Based Policy Making?\nAuthor(s): Tinka Veldhuis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138499447, 978-1138499447\nSynopsis\nCorrectional policies for Islamist violent extremist offenders are often based on the premise that prisons can be hotbeds of radicalization. The perception that inmates are susceptible to violent extremist belief systems has given rise to a fervent international public, political, and scholarly debate and has led to the introduction of drastic, often expensive policies to counter the threat of prison radicalization. But is the introduction of these policies justified?\n\nA key question is whether violent extremist offenders should be concentrated in separate high-security prisons, or whether they should be integrated into the mainstream inmate population. Prisoner Radicalization and Terrorism Detention Policy.