Prevention efforts must address both “push” and “pull” factors that create conditions for violent extremism to take root and gain traction, as well as factors that allow for recruitment and facilitation.

Law enforcement, legal and judicial actors and institutions play a key role not only in detecting individuals who are at risk for radicalization to violence, but also in working with a range of other governmental and non-governmental actors to intervene and deter these individuals from proceeding down this path.

Integrating rehabilitative measures within and beyond custodial settings in order to assist the violent extremists in dealing with the issues that propelled them to commit violent acts, to promote disengagement from the violent extremist cause, and to aid in the re-entry into society as a law-abiding citizen.