NEWS RELEASE

 

For Immediate Release – February 26, 2015

Nassau Community College Presents

Why Good Kids Turn Into Deadly Terrorists: The Accused Boston Marathon Bombers and Others Like Them

March 16

Garden City, NY – Nassau Community College will present Why Good Kids Turn Into Terrorists: The Accused Boston Marathon Bombers and Others Like Them, on Monday, March 16, at 11:00 a.m. in Room 252/253 of the College Center Building. The program will be presented by Dr. Alice LoCicero, a Massachusetts-based psychologist and terrorism expert who researches how and why young people are recruited into terrorist violence. (download hi res photo)

Dr. Alice LoCicero was the first president of the Society for Terrorism Research, an international group of scholars concerned with terrorism. She is author of the recently released Why Good Kids Turn Into Terrorists: Deconstructing the Accused Boston Marathon Bombers and Others Like Them. In the book, she analyzes some parallels in the life histories and recruitment of children growing up on four continents, all of whom were recruited to engage in terrorist actions. Through her analysis of the similarities in these young peoples' lives, she suggests a pathway toward prevention.

Dr. LoCicero is a faculty member at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology at Boston Medical Center; president of the board of directors of Community Legal Services and Counseling Center; and a lifelong social justice advocate. In 2007 and 2010, she traveled to Sri Lanka, where she interviewed children affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami, civil war and terrorism. Earlier in her career, Dr. LoCicero was a staff psychologist at Children's Hospital, Boston and a faculty member at Tufts University and Harvard Medical School.

For more information about Why Good Kids Turn Into Deadly Terrorists: The Accused Boston Marathon Bombers and Others Like Them, which is free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled, call 516.572.7148.

Media ContactAlicia Steger 516.572.9634alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

About Nassau Community College Nassau Community College, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where nearly 22,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence. For more information, visit www.ncc.edu.

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