Prison Radicalization and Terrorism Detention Policy argues that correctional strategies to manage violent extremist offenders are flawed - based on untested, potentially false assumptions that are rooted in fear rather than in facts and evidence. It presents a detailed and systematic case study of the decision-making and implementation process behind terrorism detention policy.

1. Prisoner Radicalization and Terrorism Detention Policy Part I: The Making of Terrorism Detention Policy-The Terrorism Wing 2. Agenda Setting and Policy Preparation 3. The Terrorism Wing in Theory Part II: Theoretical and Empirical Observations on Prisoner Radicalization 4. A Theory of Prisoner Radicalization 5. Terrorists in the Inmate Hierarchy Part III: Terrorism Detention Policy in Practice-Implementation of the Terrorism Wing 6. The Target Population 7. The Prison Regime Part IV: Captivated by Fear 8. Fear-Based Terrorism Detention Policy 9. A Realist Approach to Rehabilitation and Reintegration 10. General Conclusions and Discussion

Tinka M. Veldhuis is a researcher at the University of Groningen and a Research Fellow at the ICCT - The Hague, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the analysis and evaluation of counter-terrorism policy, in particular prison policies and rehabilitation and reintegration programs for violent extremist offenders.