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2. G powerful A but N not G violent An option for male offenders with a violent background

3. JVA Bielefeld-Senne JVA Attendorn Haus Nordpark Bewährungshilfe Bielefeld A joint project by Getting away from Violence

4. 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.

5. 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 were interviewed 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.

6. How do participants experience the GANG Training Workshop?

7. 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 ambulant Counselling Centres in Bielefeld

8. 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 for their own actions. What is the aim of GANG?

9. To encourage the ability to perceive oneself 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 participants to transfer what they have tried and tested into everyday life. Further Aims of GANG

10. 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 actions against the background of their biographic offender and victim experiences (biographic work) In role play, the participants try out non-violent alternative behaviour 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.

11. How do participants experience the GANG Training Workshop?

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