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From Criminals To Terrorists And Back?

The second and final report on the Netherlands‘ crime-terror nexus has analysed all fourteen profiles of individuals arrested in 2015 for offences of terrorism.

Author
Jessica Sciarone MSc and Dr. Bart Schuurman
Date
26 April 2019
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Report 'From Criminals To Terrorists And Back?'
 Criminal past among terrorism offenders appears to be quite prevalent in this country and this study providing a snapshot of 2015 shows 10 of the 14 arrestees have had a run-in with the law before. Looking at other aspects of their lives, one see the terrorist population is a younger one with almost half of them suffering from some kind of mental illness.

The study also briefly touches upon the phenomenon of foreign fighters and radicalisation so to get a more well-rounded picture on the state of Dutch terrorism in 2015
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