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Circles of Support and Accountability A project for safer reintegration of sex offenders into the community

A Restorative Project Restorative Justice Repair Stakeholder Participation Transformation Restorative Process Truth Telling Validation Reparation Conferencing

The Three Key Principles Theoretical Framework SupportMonitorMaintain Reduce Isolation and Emotional Loneliness Public ProtectionHold Offender Accountable Model Appropriate Relationships Support Statutory Authorities- Police, Probation, MAPPA Relationship of Trust Demonstrate Humanity and CareSafer Communities Maintain Treatment Objectives Reduce Re-offending Saunders & Wilson 2002

Good Lives Model: Primary Human Goods Life (including healthy living and physical functioning) Knowledge Excellence in play and work (Mastery) Agency (autonomy) Inner peace (freedom from turmoil and stress) Friendship (including intimate, romantic and family relationships) Community Spirituality (finding purpose in life) Happiness Creativity

Circles of Support & Accountability Core member Volunteers Professionals The Circle comprises volunteers from the community who are supported by professional staff

What makes an effective Circle? Selection of Core Member Appropriate balance and selection of volunteers Involvement of key professionals Trust and Honesty within Confidentiality framework Maintaining firm and clear boundaries

Supervision and Management of Volunteers and Circles Personal Reviews Circles Reviews Peer Supervision Regular Communication and Information Sharing Bring Volunteers together

Volunteer Roles and Responsibility Achieving a balance between support and accountability Ability to be able to work with statutory agencies Ability to work individually and as part of a team Recognition/management of manipulation and collusion Ability to maintain confidentiality Respectful non judgemental approach Ability to access support when necessary Provide a structured framework to provide emotional/practical support Ability to maintain appropriate personal boundaries Ability to assist development of community, social and support networks

Circles of Support & Accountability Executive Summary COSA PARTICIPANTS 85% reduction in sexual recidivism Wilson, Cortoni, McWhinnie November 09 Sage publications COSA PARTICIPANTS 85% reduction in sexual recidivism Wilson, Cortoni, McWhinnie November 09 Sage publications

What is a Successful Outcome? No sexual reconviction Reduced e.g. lesser offending? Offending prevented by evasive action e.g. – Recall to prison on licence – Imposition/breach of Sex Offender Prevention Order (SOPO)

BEHAVIOURAL OUTCOMES FOR CORE MEMBERS Total of 16 Core Members in a 3.5 year period

The comparison between the reconviction outcomes for the two groups (both N=71) are displayed on the following table. CSE Core MembersComparison group Contact sexual or violent reconviction 010 Non-contact sexual reconviction 32 Failure to comply with Sex Offender Register 36 Breach of SOPO 20

A Breakdown of Volunteers Working in Thames Valley COSA in 2005

A Breakdown of Volunteers Working in Circles South East in 2013

Circles 4EU IMPLEMENTED IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION United Kingdom LatviaIreland Netherlands BulgariaFrance Belgium CataloniaHungary With financial support from the Daphne Programme of the European Union

Circles Research & Evaluation Bates, A., Wilson, C. & Saunders, R (2007) Doing Something About It: A Follow-up Study of Sex Offenders participating in Thames Valley Circles of Support and Accountability. British Journal of Community Justice, Vol 5 - No. 1, Bates, A, Williams, D, Wilson, C & Wilson, R (2013) Circles South-East: the First Ten Years, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2014, Vol. 58, No. 7, pp Marshall W (2005) Therapist styles in Sexual offender Treatment. Influences on Indices of Change Journal of research and Change – 17 Wilson C Bates A Vollm B (2011) Circles of Support and Accountability: An Innovative Approach to Manage High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community The Open Criminology Journal. Wilson, R. Cortoni, F. McWhinnie, A Circles of Support and Accountability: A Canadian National Replication of Outcome Findings. Sage (on behalf of ATSA) Wilson R, McWhinnie A, Wilson C Circles of Support and Accountability: An international partnership in reducing sexual offender recidivism (Prison Service Journal No178) Ward T and Stewart CA (2003) ‘Good Lives and the Rehabilitation of Sexual offenders’ Sage

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