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A Qualitative Study of Political Extremists and Ex-Gang Members Who Have Chosen the Antiviolence Path
March 26, 2012
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This paper focuses on identifying the nature and characteristics of members of two groups of former extremists: former Palestinian and Israeli militants and former U.S. gang members. By exploring the underlying processes that led these two groups to turn away from violent extremism, Rony Berger and Philip Zimbardo aim to decipher the "psychological code" of former extremists in order to help develop effective antiradicalization programs.
This paper was commissioned by Google Ideas. The content and opinions expressed in the paper are the authors' own.
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