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SPLC Intelligence Report: Why They Join

SPLC Intelligence Report: Why They Join

July 28, 2014

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) featured START Researcher Affiliate Peter Simi in it's Spring 2014 Intelligence Report. In the publication, Simi participated in a Q&A session regarding why people join extremists groups and how they leave.

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