Young ISIS recruits are searching for same protection and respect as gang members . To this end , just as Internet-based forms of communication play a key role in the cultural transmission of gang symbols and practice , technology also `` advances the motives and accelerates the methods of radicalization . '' ISIS can deliver the myths of gang life , giving access to guns , power and money . Gangs and terrorists share a tension between personnel needs and infiltration risks . The former is more important than the latter in an organization like ISIS where there's no hierarchy or clear leadership structure.
Young ISIS recruits are searching for same protection and respect as gang members . ISIS can deliver the myths of gang life , giving access to guns , power and money . Gangs and terrorists share a tension between personnel needs and infiltration risks . The former is more important than the latter in an organization like ISIS where there's no hierarchy or clear leadership structure.