Rehabilitation of Radicalised and Terrorist Offenders: The Role of Families and Communities

In 2020 RAN produced the ‘Manual on Rehabilitation of radicalised and terrorist offenders’, describing the whole process of arrest until the moment that an individual has found her/his place in society again. What can be done to facilitate and steer this process towards a positive result and who are the relevant actors that are involved? Apart from institutional stakeholders as prison, probation, police as local governments and professional support like (mental) health care, exit work and youth work, the role of families and communities is pivotal. Through their affective relation with the offenders they can be change agents or support a process. In the meantime they might have needs to cope with the situation of (re)welcoming an individual who was not there and who has changed during their absence. What can families and communities so and how can they be helped to do so? After an introduction of the manual by Dennis Walkenhorst, scientific director of Violence Prevention Network co-author, two practices (speakers tbc) of family and community support will be presented.

The manual is available in English French and German and (soon) freely accessible on: www.ec.europa.eu/ran.