Description
The issue of terrorism poses a global challenge, and in line with the UN Secretary-General’s report ‘Our Common Agenda’, the need to promote peace and prevent conflict is crucial. Of central importance is the methodological gap in terrorism studies, especially as it relates to the provision of evidence-based assessment of interventions aimed at addressing community trauma and improving the reintegration of former Boko Haram members. My study seeks to address this gap using a single-arm mixed method trial to examine the feasibility and acceptability of trauma-informed cognitive behavioural therapy to aid community acceptance and reintegration of repentant terrorists in Nigeria. Informed by data from 26 participants recruited from Bornu, Maiduguri, the study finds a high retention rate and acceptability. It also proffers a robust evidence-based account to aid the replication and advancement of methodology within terrorism studies.
