We know a lot about the workings of criminal gangs and traits of gang members. NIJ funded a comparative study to help evaluate whether existing programs and solutions for criminal gang members could also be applied to violent extremists.
The study found key distinguishing factors between gangs and domestic extremists, such as average age and marital status, commitment to religious faith, and vulnerability to financial strains versus vulnerability to threats to cultural identity. These factors suggest that gang members and domestic extremists have too few traits in common for gang programs to translate.
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