Designing rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for violent extremist offenders: a realist approach
Type
Publication
Authors
Category
Publication Year
2012
Publisher
International Centre for Counter‐Terrorism, Netherlands
Pages
23p
Subject
Policy, Rehabilitation, Counter-extremism, Terrorism
Abstract
In this Research Paper, ICCT – The Hague Research Fellow Tinka Veldhuis makes an argument for a
Realist approach to rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for inmates with a terrorist or
extremist background. Accordingly, within the Realist framework, it is stressed that the outcomes of
rehabilitation programmes should be understood as a product of the policy mechanisms and the
context in which they are implemented. To maximise the likelihood of success it is important to
make explicit the underlying assumptions about how the intervention should, given the unique
context, contribute to achieving its objectives. This paper endeavours to highlight some of the key
questions that need to be answered before and during the implementation of rehabilitation policies.
Realist approach to rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for inmates with a terrorist or
extremist background. Accordingly, within the Realist framework, it is stressed that the outcomes of
rehabilitation programmes should be understood as a product of the policy mechanisms and the
context in which they are implemented. To maximise the likelihood of success it is important to
make explicit the underlying assumptions about how the intervention should, given the unique
context, contribute to achieving its objectives. This paper endeavours to highlight some of the key
questions that need to be answered before and during the implementation of rehabilitation policies.
Description
23 p.; illus.; 28 cm
Number of Copies
1