PEER MENTORING

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PEER MENTORING

• AN APPROACH TO RECOVERING FROM CRIME AND
  PUNISHMENT

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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT THE RECIDIVIST

• TWO MAJOR INFLUENCES FOR DESISTING FROM CRIME
• AGEING OUT OF CRIME
• SOCIAL BONDS
• FAMILY, FRIENDS/BUDDIES, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION

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FIRST SENTENCE

• INTERVENTION
• SEX OFFENDERS
• IPPs and LIFERS

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REFORMED V RECOVERY

• BEING REHABILITATED VIA AN OFFENDER PROGRAMME OR
  SUPPORT/TREATMENT BY AN AGENCY OR PROFESSIONAL IS
  NOT THE END ONLY THE BEGINNING
• RECOVERY AN INDIVIDUALISTIC AND PERSONALISED
  PROCESS

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RECOVERY

• A PERPETUAL PROCESS OF ARRIVAL RATHER THAN AN END
  STATE WHEN LICENCE PERIOD IS COMPLETED
• FIRST STEP INITIATING CHANGE
• STEP TWO MAINTAINING CHANGE AND ACQUIRING
  NECESSARY SKILLS

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RESTORE SUPPORT NETWORK

• A PEER BUDDY/BEFRIENDING (LOW-LEVEL MENTORING)
  THROUGH THE GATE INITIATIVE FOR OLDER
  EX-OFFENDERS
• A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
• CHALLENGES CHARGE OF COLLUSION AND RISK OF
  RELAPSE

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RESTORE SUPPORT NETWORK

• FORMAL LAUNCH IN DORSET, SOMERSET, WILTS AND
  HANTS
• PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER AGENCIES SEEKING TO
  INVOLVE EX-OFFENDERS, INC VIOLENT AND SEX
  OFFENDERS (FOOTPRINTS)
• RELEASE RECOVERY PROGRAME

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RESTORE SUPORT NETWORK

• CONTACT DETAILS
• DORSET, SOMERSET AND WILTS STUART WARE
• HANTS, SOUTHAMPTON AND PORTSMOUTH CHRISTINE
  GRAHAM
• 3 NORTH SQUARE, DORCHESTER DT1 1HY (07742
  377744) OR EMAIL STUARTWARE_at_BTINTERNET.COM