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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 24, 48- 63. doi: 10.1037/law0000135 Harper, C. A., Hogue, T. E., & Bartels, R. M. (2017). Attitudes towards sexual offenders: What do we know, and why are they important? Aggression and Violent Behavior doi: 10.1016/j.avb.2017.01.011 Imhoff, R. (2015). Punitive attitudes against pedophiles or persons with sexual interest in children: Does the label matter? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 35-44. doi: 10.1007/ s10508-014-0439-3 Laws, D. R., & Ward, T. (2011). Desistance from sex offending: Alternatives to throwing away the keys. New York, NY: Guilford Press. Malone, L. (2014). You’re 16. You’re a Pedophile. You don’t want to hurt anyone. What do you do now? Retrieved from https://medium.com/matter/youre- 16-youre-a-pedophile-you-dont-want- to-hurt-anyone-what-do-you-do-now- e11ce4b88bdb#.uj2ff35j6 Prescott, D. S. (2009). Building motivation for change in sexual offenders. Brandon, VT: Safer Society Press. Sawyer, S. P., & Jennings, J. L. (2016). Group Therapy with Sexual Abusers: Engaging the Full Potential of the Group Experience. Brandon, VT: Safer Society Press. Stevenson, B. (2014). Just mercy: A story of justice and redemption. New York: Spiegel & Grau. The Australian Psychological Society. (2007). Code of ethics. Melbourne, Australia: The Australian Psychological Society. The British Psychological Society. (2009). Code of Ethics and Conduct. Retrieved from www.bps.org.uk/system/files/ Public%20files/aa%20Standard%20Docs/ inf94_code_web_ethics_conduct.pdf Ward, T., & Stewart, C. A. (2003). The treatment of sex offenders: Risk management and good lives. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, 353-360. 10.1037/0735-7028.34.4.353 Willis, G. M. (in press). Why call someone by what we don’t want them to be? The ethics of labelling in forensic/correctional psychology. Psychology, Crime & Law doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2017.1421640 Yates, P. M., & Prescott, D. S. (2011). Building a better life: A good lives and selfregulation workbook. Brandon, VT: Safer Society Press. Yates, P. M., Prescott, D. S., & Ward, T. (2010). Applying the Good Lives and Self Regulation Models to sex offender treatment: a practical guide for clinicians. Brandon, VT: Safer Society Press. The Safer Living Foundation – Lynn Saunders, OBE The Safer Living Foundation (SLF) is registered with the Charity Commission with the following objectives: - To promote the protection of people from, and the prevention of, sexual crime. - To promote the rehabilitation of prisoners who have committed or are likely to commit sexual offences against others. The SLF is based in Whatton Prison, a large (841 place) medium secure treatment site for people with convictions for sexual offences. I am the Governor of the Prison and both the Chair and Cofounder of the SLF. So how did we get there and why a charity? Whatton has worked with people with sexual convictions, providing treatment programmes since the early 1990’s. The Prison expanded substantially (440 additional places) in 2006 and so did the provision of accredited treatment programmes (the Prison currently provides almost 40% of all the programmes for people convicted of sexual offences in Prisons in England and Wales, for Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service). We know that many of the people we imprison are socially isolated - sometimes before they come to prison, but especially when they return to the community. This could be for a number of reasons, for example that they committed offences against family members or that they have been ostracised by family and friends as a result of their offences. A chance conversation that I had in the Prison with a prisoner due for discharge was the catalyst for the establishment of the SLF and its first project: A prisonbased ‘Circle of Support and Accountability’. When asked if he was looking forward to getting out of prison that week, he commented “not really, someone cares whether I am alive or dead 10 | www.nota.co.uk conference@nota.co.uk @notaevents
in here”. This was a powerful driver to “do something” to help people who were leaving a safe, supportive environment and returning to a community where they felt they had little support. Circles projects have existed in England and Wales for over 10 years and in Canada for over 20 but none had been started in prison, using volunteers to provide consistent support to help the ‘core member’ successfully negotiate the transition from prison to the community. The most vulnerable period for a prisoner to breach their licence restrictions is in the first 90 days of leaving prison and so the intention was for volunteers to develop relationships with the prisoners before they left prison and then support them when they returned to the community. The initial project steering group consisted of representatives from the Prison, Nottinghamshire Probation Trust, Nottinghamshire Police, Nottingham Trent University and members of the business community and these evolved into a board of trustees in preparation for approval as a charitable organisation limited by guarantee. Statutory funding for a prisonbased circles project was not available so funds were raised to employ a Circles co-ordinator. The Prison Circles Project was established in 2013 and was the first of its kind. Initially, we provided a circle of support for older prisoners, over the age of 55, and those with intellectual disabilities. These particular client groups were selected as it was acknowledged they were the two most isolated and vulnerable groups at Whatton. Out of the 841 men at Whatton, 20% are over the age of 60 and around 30% have some form of intellectual disability. The SLF gained charitable status on the 13th February 2014. This enabled the trustees to seek different sources of funding, mainly from charitable trusts. Other Circles Projects The Community Circles project, also run by the SLF outside the prison, was established in 2014, serving Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and is funded by the Big Lottery. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire had not previously had any Circles projects so this was an important opportunity to provide support for high risk, isolated people with sexual convictions in the community whether or not they had previously been resident at Whatton. During the promotion of the community circles project at a MAPPA Senior Management Board meeting in Derbyshire, the Youth Offending Team asked if the SLF worked with young people exhibiting sexually harmful behaviour as there was a significant need for socially isolated young people to be supported. The SLF had not previously worked with young people and at that point there were no fully operational Circles projects for young people across England and Wales. So the SLF began a fund raising campaign to set up a young people’s project. This was successful, and we were fortunate to appoint a former YOT Manager who was able to establish a firm footing for the project. She ensured that all the data sharing agreements and safeguarding procedures were drawn up. She also ensured that the necessary adaptations were made to the standard Circles project protocols and to the volunteer training. The YP project commenced in November 2016. Currently, there are 4 Circles in operation and there has been one successful completion. Other Circles projects across the country are also looking at working with this group. The table below outlines the number of people supported through the Prison-based, Community-based and Young People’s Circles Projects. SLF Circles Projects PRISON CIRCLES COMMUNITY CIRCLES Y. P. CIRCLES 12 successful completions 12 successful completions 1 successful completion 4 currently in operation 4 currently in operation 4 currently in operation 56 volunteers since the beginning 56 volunteers since the beginning 12 volunteers since the beginning www.nota.co.uk conference@nota.co.uk @notaevents | 11
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