Evolution of Mentoring Relationships Involving Young Male Offenders Transitioning from a Juvenile Justice Centre to the Community
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This qualitative longitudinal study focused on adolescent males who were being formally mentored during their transition from a juvenile justice centre to the community. Pre-release, the young men feared being exposed to negative peer influences and uncertainty about the future. In response to this anxiety, the young men valued the mentor as a guide, confidant and “watchdog”. Post-release, the concerns of the young men turned to a sense of disconnection, institutionalisation and difficulties securing employment. Here, the young men required their mentors to be reliable, build confidence and assist with educational and occupational opportunities. The findings both inform our theoretical understanding of mentoring and provide direction for supporting young offenders in the transition back into the community.
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The emotional component is the most frequently engaged and includes aspects of trust, reliability, consistency, support, and authenticity in mentoring programs in all formats operating with American, European, Israeli, and Australian youth.
“The emotional component, which is the most frequently engaged, includes aspects of trust, reliability, consistency, support, and authenticity in mentoring programs in all formats operating with American, European, Israeli, and Australian youth [78,80,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96].”
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The promoting-catalyzing component encourages self-esteem, autonomy and self-direction, role modeling, guidance, advocacy, empowerment and challenge, future planning, and promoting motivation, and includes skill-based career and academic support.
“The third component of promoting-catalyzing encourages self-esteem, autonomy and self-direction, role modeling, guidance, advocacy, empowerment and challenge, future planning, and promoting motivation. Other elements of this component include skill-based career and academic support [80,82,83,85,86,88,92,93,98,108].”
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- Authors
- Hanham, J., & Tracey, D.
- Corresponding author
- Hanham, José
- Venue
- Youth Justice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-03-22
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 116-133
- ISSN
- 1473-2254 (ISSN-L)
- 1747-6283
- OpenAlex
- W2598187620
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 2.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Youth Justice (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mentoring and Academic Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Keywords
- mentoring, young male offenders, juvenile justice, transition to community, peer influence, institutionalization, employment problems, educational opportunities, mentoring relationships, youth reentry
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