Journeys Out Of Offending Flashcards
Central to the what works agenda is ….
A notion of risk
Public protection
Write down one of the four main potential benefits claimed for a payment by results approach
Greater efficiency
Greater innovation
Reduced cost
A broader range of services
What were two of the main changes introduced by the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda?
It generates numerical scores
Input by individual practitioners can lead to subjectivity
Data is not always completed or up to date
It creates targeted supervision and interventions
[Input by individual practitioners can lead to subjectivity]
[Data is not always completed or up to date]
What were two of the main changes introduced by the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda?
The building of more prisons
Creation of the National Offender Management Service
The introduction of Community Rehabilitation Companies
Payment by results
[The introduction of Community Rehabilitation Companies]
[Payment by results]
Which of these are internal subjective factors found to be important in the process of change? (please select all that apply)
Wanting to change
Having a supportive family
Getting a job
Finding a new non-offending related identity
A prison sentence
Seeing yourself as able to achieve something
[Wanting to change]
[Finding a new non-offending related identity]
[Seeing yourself as able to achieve something]
What do Laub and Sampson contribute to desistance theory?
The age-crime curve
The importance of social bonds (age graded social control theory)
The importance of a pro social identity
The importance of an openness to change
The importance of social bonds (age graded social control theory).
Write down 3 features of the Good Lives Model.
Strengths based
Agency
Psychological well-being
What is the desistance paradigm that Maruna and LeBel write about?
developing interventions that can support or accelerate the ‘organically’ occurring processes that desistance research shows to be important
Name three of the nine characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010?
Age, disability, race, marriage, pregnancy, religion, sexual orientation.
According to research why can faith be important in the desistance process? (please select two)
Due to the non-offending related identity that faith can offer.
Faith can help people write their self-narrative.
The Double Deviance Thesis argues that…
Women are punished not only for breaking the social contract but also the gender contract
What does the ‘responsibilisation strategy’ relating to women and desistance refer to?
Women being responsible for facilitating their own resettlement provisions
What is the name of the review which found all young adults in custody are vulnerable?
Harris Review
Which of these are features of the youth prison estate which differ from the adult prison estate? (please tick two)
Strong focus on safeguarding
Staff to prisoner ratio higher
Easier to get Release on Temporary Licence
Better food
[Strong focus on safeguarding]
[Staff to prisoner ratio higher]
Domestic violence perpetrator programmes are often assumed to be the solution to domestic violence. List two potential outcomes that could be considered to show they ‘work’.
An improved relationship between men on programmes and their partners/ex-partners which is underpinned by respect and effective communication
Enhanced awareness of self and others for men on programmes
Understanding of the impact that domestic violence has had on their partner and children.
Engagement with children
Willingness to talk
Access to other services
