ABSTRACT

Why would any given society want to provide sex-offenders with a group of trained volunteers to support him with his re-integration, and to hold him accountable for his actions and opinions? The first Canadian Circles of Support and Accountability initiative (COSA), where these events actually took place in 1994, gave us a simple answer, rooted in deeply felt beliefs about humanity and compassion of a religious community: because we want no more victims and because no one is disposable.