@article{ref1,
title="You do what? A qualitative investigation into the motivation to volunteer with circles of support and accountability",
journal="Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment",
year="2017",
author="Lowe, Giulia and Willis, Gwenda and Gibson, Kerry L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1079063217729157-1079063217729157",
abstract="Most community members are not accepting of individuals convicted for sexual offenses living in their communities, let alone having regular contact with them. However, a select number of community members choose to give their time to assist these individuals reintegrate from prison into the community. Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) was developed as a way to address the issues that many individuals convicted of sex offenses face, that is, little to no prosocial support in the community. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with 18 CoSA volunteers in New Zealand to gain a more thorough understanding of volunteers' motivation to be involved with CoSA. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Three key themes of motivation were identified: (a) Restorative and Justice-Based Motivation, (b) Altruistic Motivation, and (c) Faith-Based Motivation. <br><br>FINDINGS are discussed in terms of their implications for future recruitment of volunteers for CoSAs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-0632",
doi="10.1177/1079063217729157",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063217729157"
}