Peer mentoring and the role of the voluntary sector in [re]producing 'desistance' : identity, agency, values, change and power

Despite much enthusiasm for the practice of peer mentoring by ex-offenders it has received very little empirical scrutiny. This thesis examines the micro dynamics and intimate interactions within these relationships. In doing so it highlights how mentors are often much more than functional additions...

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Main Author: Buck, Gillian
Published: Keele University 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695628