ABSTRACT
Mentoring those at risk of violent extremism and those convicted of terrorism related offenses has been taking place in the United Kingdom since 2005. However, nearly all the literature on terrorism related mentoring has been based on prison-related studies. This chapter discusses the mentoring environment outside of prison in both the pre-criminal and post-conviction settings. The discussion is based on the interviews of 21 mentors working in the United Kingdom, thus the data is primary. It discusses how mentoring came about, how mentors are selected, how successful mentoring is conceived, how mentors establish and maintain their credibility, mentoring approaches, structural boundaries, and finally a profile of the mentors themselves.
