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Desistance, Disengagement, and Deradicalization: A Cross-Field Comparison
1Ghent University, Belgium.
Summary
This study compares criminal desistance and violent extremist disengagement, finding shared change mechanisms despite contextual differences. Integrating these fields deepens understanding of both crime and extremism.
Area of Science:
- Criminology and Political Science
- Focuses on the intersection of criminal behavior and violent extremism.
Background:
- Existing research on desistance from crime and disengagement/deradicalization from violent extremism remains largely separate.
- Violent extremism is posited as a form of crime, suggesting applicability of desistance frameworks to extremist offenders.
Approach:
- Conducts an integrative literature review comparing knowledge bases on criminal desistance and violent extremist disengagement.
- Traces the outlines of both bodies of knowledge to identify overlaps and divergences.
Key Points:
- Identifies common underlying mechanisms of change in studies of criminal desistance and violent extremist disengagement.
- Highlights how contextual variations influence the manifestation of these change mechanisms.
Conclusions:
- Demonstrates that criminal desistance and violent extremist disengagement share fundamental processes.
- Argues that a closer association between these fields enriches theoretical understanding of both phenomena.
- Suggests violent extremist offenders are amenable to desistance framework interventions.
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