To Study the Significance of Social Interaction for Former Right Wing Extremists Wanting to Disengage: Doing Participant Observation and Qualitative Interviews

When Good Intentions Are Not Enough – A Successful Mentor-Mentee Relation Requires a Deliberated Practice

“…The emotional sides of being a right-wing extremist also offer very intense feelings of hatred, aggression and highs of adrenalin. The different kinds of actions, the developed identity and the ideas that former participants have been immersed in for a long period of time are some of the issues for-mer participants leaving right-wing extremist groups often need support to handle (Lodenious 2014in Christensen 2014.…”

“…This work is now taken care of by the sister organization Passus, which works according to the same assumptions and methods, but is aimed at gang members. EXIT's and Passus' staff work as a team from the same office (Christensen 2013(Christensen , 2014(Christensen A, and 2014.…”

“…To become clients at EXIT, the individuals mainly contact the organization themselves, while some are referred to EXIT by youth workers, police officers, teachers or family members (Bjørgo 2009, Christensen 2013. Using formers gives legitimacy to the organization in relation to the target group (ibid.)…”

“…As one of them explained, 'The insight the coach has into what it means to participate is not something he has read in a book,' but rather -as several clients made clear -'something he knows from personal experience ' (interview transcript 20012). This enables him to discuss the emotional side of participation in the extremist right, a subject they long to discuss in the beginning (Christensen 2013).…”