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What can street gangs tell us about radicalization and extremist groups? This symposium examines the important similarities and differences across criminal, deviant, and extremist groups. Drawing from research on street gangs, Dr. Scott Decker discusses issues such as levels of explanation,organizational structure, group process, and the increasingly important role of technology and the internet in the context of radicalization. There are points of convergences across these groups, but it is important to understand the differences between these groups.