Preliminary Findings of Reintegration Programs for Radicalized Supervisees

SESSION INFO

Tuesday, August 24, 2021
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Session Type: Workshop

Harvard Chan School of Public Health presents preliminary findings from their NIJ funded study to review the ongoing reintegration programs supported by federal agencies involved with individuals affiliated with violent ideologically motivated organizations. These individuals were involved in hard-left, hard-right, white supremacists, or jihadi groups. By the end of the project a manual for reintegration program developers and implementers that provides an example of best practices. The preliminary findings presented will include interviews from over 90 federal POs and 14 releasees.

SESSION PRESENTERS

Diana Hughes
Program Manager, Harvard Chan School of Public Health


Diána R. Hughes is a data analyst supporting a portfolio of projects focused on the prevention and countering of violent extremism initiatives being executed by the Community Safety Branch at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Diána holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in international affairs from the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. Her research interests include extremism, violent extremism, radicalization, and deradicalization.


Travis Johnson
Program Associate, American Probation and Parole Association


Travis Johnson, is a Program Associate of Grants and Research with the American Probation and Parole Association. In his role, he assists with work on the association’s various grant-funded projects involving training, technical assistance, and research/evaluation to the community corrections field. Travis is currently working on several projects. BJA’s Project Safe Neighborhood as well as several different tribal initiatives. His interest lean towards supervision through technology and supervision of radicalized domestic terrorists. He received his Master’s in Safety, Security and Emergency Management from Eastern Kentucky University.


Lauren Labrique
, Harvard Chan School of Public Health


Lauren LaBrique is a data analyst supporting a portfolio of projects focused on the prevention and countering of violent extremism initiatives being executed by the Community Safety Branch at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her current research focuses on the transnational organizing of white nationalist groups. She holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs, with a concentration in security studies from the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.