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NIJ-funded research challenges some common assumptions about what motivates young people to engage in violent extremism.
To understand what drives some people to violent extremism, and some to walk away from it, it helps to get to know them. That premise underlies research featuring interviews with individuals who exited extremism, family members, and acquaintances.
