Den Gode Relation: Et speciale om Kriminalforsorgens mentorordning

Abstract

Tak for venlig deltagelse til Kriminalforsorgen, KiF i midt- og nordjylland, mentorer og mentees for at have gjort dette speciale muligt. Specialets fokus er, at nærme en forståelse for hvilke bagvedliggende faktorer, der har betydning for et vellykket mentorforløb hos Kriminalforsorgen. Dette gøres ud fra et empirisk datamateriale af 11 interviews med mentees og mentorer. Ud fra disse individuelle interviews trækkes fire fællestræk, som alle nævner indgår i et vellykket mentorforløb: -Relation -Udvikling -Stabilitet -Respekt Den kompleksitet der forekommer ved Kriminalforsorgens mentorordning er samlet i disse fire nøgleord og danner rammen for analysen. Ved brugen af Social Support, Control Theory, Social Learning og Stigma, finder vi frem til at det helt essentielle for et vellykket mentorforløb er dynamikken mellem mentor og mentee. Herigennem opnås der at få indsigt samt forståelse for mentees udvikling samt elementerne der er med til skabe denne. Denne udvikling anskueliggøres ud fra mentees egen udtalelser vedrørende hans fortid, nutid og fremtid. Blandt andet har et fællestræk fra de interviewede mentees været manglende stabilitet under opvækst, hvilket er et element der ligeledes skabes ved hjælp af støtte, kontrol og læring fra mentoren. Det teoretiske fundament for specielet kommer ligeledes til udtryk ved, at mentoren lærer og støtter mentee mod en kriminalitetsfri hverdag, hvorigennem en struktureret hverdag skabes. Ligeledes ses det hvorledes mentor skaber en essentiel udvikling ved mentee, ved at ændre mentees tankemønster – her ved at se samme problemstilling ud fra flere perspektiver. Ud fra de fire fællestræk, ses det hvorledes en relation mellem mentee og mentor skabes gennem gensidig respekt og humor. Dog er denne relation kun vellykket hvis sammensætningen af mentee og mentoren er i overensstemmelse – de skal kunne forstå hinanden, hvorigennem en fælles forståelse opnås for deres dynamiske samspil. Et mentorforløb forekommer således vellykket grundet en dynamisk relation imellem mentor og mentee, hvorved der i specialet findes belæg for at relationen forekommer ved et godt match af mentor og mentee.

Summary Previous studies have shown how a mentoring scheme can have a positive effect on deviant behavior. Unfortunately, none of these studies pinpoint what elements yields the positive feedback from mentoring. The focus of this thesis is to gain an understanding of which underlying factors have an impact on a successful mentoring programme with the Danish Prison and Probation Service (Kriminalforsorgen). This is elaborated from an empirical data material composed of eleven individual interviews with mentees and mentors. From the individual interview, four commonalities can be derived which all should be included in a successful mentoring: •Relation •Development •Stability •Respect The complexity in the mentoring scheme at the Danish Prison and Probation Service is contained within these four key elements and together is the framework for the analysis. By using Social Support, Control Theory, Social Learning, and Stigma, we have deduced that the most essential part is the dynamics between the mentee and mentor for any programme to be successful. The development is assessed through the mentees own explanation regarding his past, present, and future. One common theme is the lack of stability during childhood, which is an element which is made through support, control, and learning from the mentor. The theoretical foundation for the thesis is equally seen by the mentor teaching and supporting the mentee into a crime-free life from which a stable everyday can be established. Another aspect is the establishment of a different thought pattern of the mentee by the mentor, i.e. viewing the same problem from a different perspective. From the four commonalities mentioned above, it can be seen that the relation between mentee and mentor is made through mutual respect and humour. The bond will only be made if the composition of mentee and mentor is in conjunction, meaning that they should be able to get a common understanding of their dynamic relation. A mentoring programme would appear successful depending on the dynamic relations between mentor and mentee for which this thesis will show that this can be obtained by a careful matching of the counterparts in the programme, whereby an insight and understanding of the mentees development, alongside with the elements therein.

A master thesis from Aalborg University

Den Gode Relation: Et speciale om Kriminalforsorgens mentorordning