This volume facilitates understanding of the process of reintegration of former detainees with an Islamist extremist background, as well as the role that the police and other frontline workers play in this process.

Daan Weggemans is Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University, and Research Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT).

Beatrice de Graaf is Professor for the History of International Relations and Global Governance at Utrecht University, and author of Evaluating Counterterrorism Performance: A Comparative Study (Routledge, 2011).

1. Introduction

2. Detention and Reintegration in Theory

3. Radicalisation, De-radicalisation and Detention

4. Reintegration Programmes: An international review

5. Reintegration in Practice

6. Supervision and Support

7. Police Practices

8. Conclusion