"If you ask yourself who are your heroes... you will see that they were fanatics": Radicalization does not always translate into violence

"In order to be violent you need to have fear"

Published December 4, 2015 6:05PM (EST)

The word "radicalized" is gaining popularity with mainstream media in linking violent attacks to a radical ideology. Dr. Shuki Cohen (Center on Terrorism professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice) discusses the assumption that radicalization and violence are linked and the process of deprogramming.


By Peter Cooper

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