Terrorism as Self-Help: Accounts of Palestinian Youth Incarcerated in Israeli Prisons for Security Violations
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Adopting and expanding Black’s conception of terrorism as self-help, this study examines how Palestinian youth become involved in security violations. Based on an analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with 10 Palestinian youth incarcerated in Israeli prisons, their experiences are described, including the aftermath of arrest and imprisonment. Their accounts are complemented by interviews with six wardens and correctional officers overseeing the prison’s youth wings, a review of military court transcripts from proceedings leading up to the youth’s incarceration, and observations of participants’ daily prison routines. The data detail pathways and recruitment processes, motivations, rewarding aspects of participation, and the costs incurred as a result by participants and their families. Security violations are analyzed as self-help responses to collective grievances and personal problems. The theoretical and policy implications of the findings are discussed.
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Heightened surveillance, abuse, and makeshift check-points in occupied neighborhoods increased exposure and probabilities of arrest for Palestinian children by occupational militarized forces, leading to disproportionately prolonged unjust detention, containment, and incarceration in Israeli prisons, often without accusations of crimes committed, justified under 'security grounds' within admini
“Noteworthy is how heightened surveillance, abuse, and makeshift check-points in occupied neighborhoods increased exposure and probabilities of arrest for Palestinian children by occupational militarized forces, which has led to disproportionately prolonged unjust detention, containment, and incarceration in Israeli prisons, often without accusations of crimes committed, justified under 'security”
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- Authors
- Berko, A., Erez, E., & Gur, O. M.
- Affiliations
- Reichman University (IL)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Erez, Edna
- Venue
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-04-11
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 313-340
- ISSN
- 1043-9862 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-5406
- OpenAlex
- W2606129848
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 2.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Locations
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (publishedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- University of Illinois Chicago
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Keywords
- Palestinian youth, security breaches, Israeli prisons, juvenile detention, collective grievances, participation motivation, prison experience, military courts, Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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