How to Rehabilitate a Terrorist

The 29 November terrorist knife attack on the London Bridge, in which the attacker killed two people before being shot dead by the police, raises timely questions about efforts to rehabilitate terrorists. As Islamic State’s “caliphate” collapsed, hundreds of fighters and fellow travelers returned to European countries, including Britain. Jails in England and Wales house a churning population of hundreds convicted of terrorist offenses. Keeping terrorists behind bars for too short a time is risky – but so is keeping them for much longer periods.

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