In this special episode of Combating Jihadist Terrorism, CoJiT Editorial Director, Dr Richards speaks to Professor Andrew Silke, a highly regarded authority in terrorism studies (with over 100 publications) who holds the Chair in Terrorism, Risk and Resilience at Cranfield University's Forensic Institute. Professor Silke gives his understanding of the key take-aways from the inquest into the attack at a prisoner's rehabilitation conference at Fishmonger's Hall, London Bridge in November 2019. In particular, Professor Silke he addresses issues around the effectiveness of prison risk assessments and prison rehabilitation for terrorist prisoners, as well as identifying possible future avenues for research.

Listen to the podcast above or see an illustrated video of the interview with Andrew Silke here.

Andrew Silke's most recent publication, The Routledge Handbook on Terrorism and Counterterrorism (Routledge, 2019), is available to purchase here.

To buy CoJiT’s own publication - Jihadist Terror: New Threats, New Responses - which synthesises our current understanding of the current terrorist threat and counter terrorist response, please click here.