Spectacular Few
：Prisoner Radicalization and the Evolving Terrorist Threat
( Alternative Criminology )
Publication subTitle ：Prisoner Radicalization and the Evolving Terrorist Threat
Publication series ：Alternative Criminology
Author： Hamm Mark S.
Publisher： NYU Press
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9780814724071
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780814725443
Subject： D815.5 international security issues, international terrorism, counter - narcotics activities in the
Keyword： 犯罪学,国际问题
Language： ENG
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Description
The Madrid train bombers, shoe-bomber Richard Reid, al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the 9/11 attacks-all were led by men radicalized behind bars. By their very nature, prisons are intended to induce transformative experiences among inmates, but today's prisons are hotbeds for personal transformation toward terrorist beliefs and actions due to the increasingly chaotic nature of prison life caused by mass incarceration. In The Spectacular Few, Mark Hamm demonstrates how prisoners use criminal cunning, collective resistance and nihilism to incite terrorism against Western targets. A former prison guard himself, Hamm knows the realities of day-to-day prison life and understands how prisoners socialize, especially the inner-workings and power of prison gangs-be they the Aryan Brotherhood or radical Islam. He shows that while Islam is mainly a positive influence in prison, certain forces within the prison Muslim movement are aligned with the efforts of al-Qaeda and its associates to inspire convicts in the United States and Europe to conduct terrorist attacks on their own. Drawing from a wide range of sources-including historical case studies of prisoner radicalization reaching from Gandhi and Hitler to Malcolm X, Bobby Sands and the detainees of Guantanamo; a database of cases linking prisoner radicalization with evolving terrorist threats ranging from police shootouts to suicide bombings; interviews with intelligence officers, prisoners affiliated with terrorist groups and tho
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