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The GANG project, a collaborative effort among JVA Bielefeld-Senne, JVA Attendorn, and Bielefeld Probation Assistance, offers a unique 5-day training workshop designed for men with a history of violence. Over 14 seminars held since 2002 have successfully transformed the lives of 168 participants, chosen from more than 380 candidates. The interdisciplinary team, comprising qualified professionals, guides participants through self-reflection, conflict resolution, and non-violent behavior using role-play and group dynamics, aiming to foster personal responsibility and social sensitivity.
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G powerful A but N not G violent An option for male offenders with a violent background
Getting away from Violence A joint project by JVA Bielefeld-Senne JVA Attendorn Haus Nordpark Bewährungshilfe Bielefeld
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 .
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 wereinterviewed 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.
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 ambulantCounselling Centres in Bielefeld
What is the aim of GANG? 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 fortheir own actions.
Further Aims of GANG • To encourage the ability to perceiveoneself 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 participantsto transfer what they have tried and testedinto everyday life.
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 actionsagainst the background of their biographic offender andvictim experiences (biographic work) • In role play, the participants try out non-violent alternativebehaviour 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.
