A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending History

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to examine the experiences of individuals, with a sexual offending history, who have engaged with a community-based life skills and work-readiness programme. With a view to understand the impact of such programmes on their rehabilitation and to inform a growing body of research around the approaches needed for promoting rehabilitation within this group. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four participants about their experiences of accessing a community-based charity and three themes were identified using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis: “a place to belong without fear or judgement;” “creating an identity away from offending;” and “space and time to realise own potential.” These findings were discussed in relation to the Good Lives Model; previously identified protective factors for people with a history of sexual offending; and desistance research. The research offers a number of recommendations for practice which can be used by .... https://sotrap.psychopen.eu/index.php/sotrap/article/view/14531

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: A New Identity: Enhancing Life Skills and Work-Readiness for Those With a Sexual Offending History ; volume:19 ; day:15 ; month:10 ; year:2024 ; Sexual offending ; 19 (15.10.2024)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Ogden, Rachel ; Tarpey, Emma

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/sotrap.14531
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2411230411454.181807021587
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:20 AM CEST