Incarcerated Jihadists Study Psychology to Delude Prison Bosses: Analysis

Incarcerated Jihadists Study Psychology to Delude Prison Bosses: Analysis
General view of a Prison in Winson Green in Birmingham, England, on Aug. 20, 2018. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Lily Zhou
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Islamist terrorists are particularly good at faking successful rehabilitation compared to other prisoners, with some studying psychology to better manipulate the work of prison therapists, a new analysis suggests.

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the European Policy Centre (EPC) on Nov. 9 released a joint discussion paper, which examines the disguised compliance by terrorist offenders in European prisons.