The author of a recently released book on how some terrorists disengage from terrorism presents some of the key findings from her research in an article in The Washington Post. Referencing the series of deadly terrorist attacks committed by families in Indonesia in mid-May, she notes that an individual’s immersion in a social network committed to the use of violence can be key to someone remaining an unrepentant terrorist. With the powerful and persistent influence that these situations provide, the decision to adopt a radicalized mindset might not even be consciously made. But she proposes that these social connections and networks can also work the other way, as family members and friends can be instrumental in motivating a terrorist to deradicalize. They can enable the individual to imagine a life after terrorism and a life apart from the movement. The Washington Post.