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- Title
Off-Ramp Opportunities in Material Support Cases.
- Authors
Berkell, Kelly A.
- Abstract
Strategies to counter violent extremism in the United States have centered around preventing violent extremism before it takes hold, with an emphasis on community partnerships and counter-messaging. The need for intervention, rehabilitation, and reintegration once individuals have already headed down extremist pathways--and intersected with the criminal justice system--receives less consideration, but policymakers and practitioners are increasingly taking note of this void. Factors favoring the development of innovative off-ramp approaches include: the public safety imperative of preventing future violence and recidivism; the increased volume of investigations, rendering prosecution or long-term surveillance in every case impossible or impractical; mitigating circumstances such as the non-violent nature of some material support crimes and the youth of many offenders; and the long-term value of building trust for community partnerships. Participation in intervention initiatives need not preclude prosecution, and rehabilitation programming may occur inside and outside of the prison setting. Program development should be evidence-based, relying upon a comprehensive international analysis, while tailored to incorporate U.S. constitutional requirements and cultural norms including protection of civil rights and civil liberties. This article explores the basis and opportunities for preventing future violence when charging and sentencing defendants who are either suspected or convicted of providing material support for terrorism.
- Subjects
VIOLENCE prevention; RADICALISM; CIVIL rights
- Publication
Harvard National Security Journal, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2153-1358
- Publication type
Article