ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book aims to highlight some of the problems, sometimes giving solutions, but at other times at least presenting the dilemmas and theoretical consequences. It presents a way to promote such interaction, and bring conceptual differences to the forefront, thus contributors are allowed some conceptual freedom, yet categories of types of disengagement and deradicalisation are needed. The book focuses on overreaching issues; and explores the involvement of various actors in promoting disengagement and deradicalisation. It describes a set of case studies from around the world to introduce the reader to the interaction between the local context, overreaching issues and variations in organisations. A separation between security services and the deradicalisation programme might present deradicalisation as a clearer alternative to the use of the police, and avoid reduction of trust in and legitimacy of the social services that provide deradicalisation programmes.
