ABSTRACT
This chapter identifies some of the critical differences between state, public and civil society actors and discusses the possibilities and challenges involved conditioned by the outlook people in an exit process might have and the sort of personal support they require if reintegration into mainstream society should become a genuine possibility. It argues that different actors like governmental non-governmental organisations also work with violent offenders and that civil actors like religious communities and recreational associations have a huge role to play in the process of reintegrating former violent extremists. To identify the role of civil actors in disengagement and deradicalisation processes it is important to compare aspects of civil and state actors to expose differences and similarities between them. A partnership shared between several different civil state and public actors and institutions that are well informed about the importance of credibility and the task at hand seems a most promising cooperation in the practical field of disengagement and deradicalisation work.
