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Deckblatt Broschüre. G powerful A but N not G violent. An option for male offenders with a violent background. Getting away from Violence. A joint project by. JVA Bielefeld-Senne JVA Attendorn Haus Nordpark Bewährungshilfe Bielefeld. How does GANG work?.
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G powerful A but N not G violent An option for male offenders with a violent background
Getting away from Violence A joint project by JVA Bielefeld-Senne JVA Attendorn Haus Nordpark Bewährungshilfe Bielefeld
How does GANG work? • The project:5 days training workshop at a convention centre • The participants:12 men with a background of violence • The team : 2 women and 2 men • Interdisciplinary team, each member with pedagogic qualifications and special advanced training, and all with extensive experience in working with prisoners .
About the Project • 14 seminars have taken place since 2002 with a total of 168 participants. • These participants were selected by the team from more than 380 candidates who wereinterviewed as to their motivation and suitability. • Participation in the GANG training workshop is conditional on the following. Each candidate must • be voluntary • be willing to cooperate • be capable of working in a group / team • be willing to accept responsibility, and • want to alter his own conduct.
Where do the participants come from? • The people participating are inmates at the prisons in • Bielefeld-Senne and • Attendorn and • Offenders registered at the probation centre, • for residents of Haus Nordpark, • and clients at the ambulantCounselling Centres in Bielefeld
What is the aim of GANG? GANG want to implement various training elements to • to sensitise people to violent forms of communication in their present environment, • to help identify violent forces in the men’s own life histories, • to define violence from the viewpoint of the offender or the victim, • to get people to accept responsibility fortheir own actions.
Further Aims of GANG • To encourage the ability to perceiveoneself and others, • to develop alternative ways of behaving jointly with other participants, • to try out and reflect on new ways of behaving so as to solve conflicts, • to motivate and enable the participantsto transfer what they have tried and testedinto everyday life.
The GANG Methodology • The GANG method is based on social teamwork orientated to own experience; it functions in a process- and topic-oriented way. • In small groups, the men consider their violent actionsagainst the background of their biographic offender andvictim experiences (biographic work) • In role play, the participants try out non-violent alternativebehaviour based on specific case sequences.Role playing is a core element of the seminar. • The preparation for this mode of working includes, for instance, body-orientated exercises in plenum, aimed at promoting respectful and trusting relations within the group. • The main focus is always on identifying and accepting their own limits as well as those of others.