ABSTRACT
The study of radicalization has become an important research topic. Many articles and reports have been published, largely as a response to acts of terror. One such report, commissioned by the New York Police Department (NYPD) intelligence division, stated that the majority of Islamic radicals lived unremarkable lives' and had unremarkable jobs'. A great deal about HT, such as its social composition, the social status of its membership, the education and ethnicity of its members, has been obtained through surveys. Correlating this data would, in theory, allow me to determine whether a specific demographic is more susceptible to HT radicalization. One of the most obvious explanations for the emergence of HT radicalism among a homogenous group of Muslim students is social isolation. Many social theorists argue that working class radicalism is firmly based upon their perception of, and place within, the social structure.
