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Type	Study / research article
Date published	07.06.2019
Author	Omi Hodwitz
Description	Abstract: This study examines recidivism rates of offenders convicted of terrorism-related offenses post-9/11 in the United States (N=561). In total, nine offenders recidivated while incarcerated or upon release. Of the 247 who were released during the course of the study, four recidivated. This indicates a recidivism rate of approximately 1.6% among released political extremists. These findings suggest that restrictive policies designed to increase surveillance of released political extremists, such as the recently proposed TRACER Act and other registry-based measures, are unwarranted. Keywords: Terrorism, recidivism, database, policy implications About the Author: Omi Hodwitzis Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Idaho and a Research Affiliate of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland. Dr. Hodwitz specializes in data collection and analysis and the role of civil society in political violence. She has published articles in Sociological Spectrum and Behavioral Sciences and Political Aggression. She has also published book chapters in Routledge and CRC edited volumes.
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