Exploring the experiences of ex-offender mentors

Autor:	Jo Borrill, Laura Kavanagh
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Rehabilitation ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION Social stigma business.industry Lived experience medicine.medical_treatment Voluntary sector Public relations ComputingMilieux_GENERAL medicine business Psychology Law Social psychology Disadvantage
Zdroj:	Probation Journal. 60:400-414
ISSN:	1741-3079 0264-5505
DOI:	10.1177/0264550513502247
Popis:	Research suggests that mentoring may facilitate offender rehabilitation. Less is known about the impact on mentors, especially those who are ex-offenders. This study uses in-depth interviews with eight ex-offender mentors to explore the processes through which such schemes can be effective. Four key categories emerged: self-satisfaction; mutual benefit; mechanisms underlying success; and negative aspects of mentoring. Mentoring was experienced as a rewarding and mutually beneficial career which may reduce the social stigma of being an ex-offender. Challenges for mentors included dealing with failure or frustration and managing risk. Findings suggest that participation in mentoring schemes should be voluntary rather than compulsory and future schemes should consider employing ex-offenders as mentors and role models, to benefit from their lived experience, despite the barriers and challenges involved.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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