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The spectacular few: prisoner radicalization and the evolving terrorist threat
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 281 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0814744370
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✦ Synopsis
The Madrid train bombers, shoe-bomber Richard Reid, al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the 9/11 attacks-all were led by men radicalized behind bars. By their very nature, prisons are intended to induce transformative experiences among inmates, but today's prisons are hotbeds for personal transformation toward terrorist beliefs and actions due to the increasingly chaotic nature of prison life caused by mass incarceration. Written by a former prison guard, this book is able to express the realities of day-to-day prison life and how prisoners socialize, especially the inner-workings and power of prison gangs-be they the Aryan Brotherhood or radical Islam.