Lecture 17: Resistance and resettlement - Prisons and Desistance Flashcards
What does the term desistance refer to?
How offenders abstain from crime
What makes studying desistance difficult to research?
Defining measures
How do Maruna and Farrall define primary desistance?
Any crime free gap
What does the term ‘secondary desistance’ refer to?
Adopting a non-offending identity
What desistance term refers to social recognition of change?
Tertiary
Desistance theories emphasize:
- Individual factors
- Social factors
- Biological factors
What theory links physical development to desistance?
Maturation reform theory
How may marriage influence desistance?
Increases affection needs
What critiques exist of structural desistance theories?
- Fails to explain different pathways
- Under emphasize individual agency
What theory suggests offenders have nothing left to lose?
Social control
Who found a link between parenthood and desistance?
Giordano
What theoretical approach emphasizes identity change?
Interactionist theories
Maruna’s redemption script refers to which desistance aspect?
Creating a new identity
What is implied by the term ‘generative script’ in desistance?
Productive new goals
The expert prediction theory suggests offenders can predict:
Their risk of reoffending
What theory states offenders have beaten the system?
Deterrence
Interactionist approaches emphasize the interaction between:
Agency and structure
Narrative theories argue desistance involves:
Identity change
What key predictor relates to desistance?
Hope
What critique is made regarding the criminal justice system and desistance?
Relapse is not accepted
One size fits all interventions fail to account for what?
- Crime type
- Gender
- Age
What approach advocates looking to existing offender strengths?
Good lives model
What is needed alongside individual agency for desistance?
Community acceptance
What broader commitment is required for prisoner resettlement?
- Political support
- Social support
- Community support
What theory states some offenders are doomed to reoffend?
Condemnation theory
How does social exclusion impact desistance?
Reduces likelihood of desistance
What agenda advocates for social justice regarding ex-prisoners?
Desistance agenda
What evidence links family contact and reduced reoffending?
Woolf Report
What theory suggests offending emerges from an offender’s environment and activities?
Routine Activities Theory
Who famously outlined maturation reform theory?
Glueck and Glueck
What theory suggests offenders simply mature out of crime?
Age graded theory
Structural theories imply transitional experiences:
Are varied and uncertain
What theory suggests imprisonment causes offenders to desist?
Deterrence theory
Interactionist theories emphasize the interaction between which factors?
Agency and structure
The expert prediction theory suggests which factor helps predict desistance?
Personal estimates
What are Maruna’s desistance narratives based on?
Offender interviews
The wounded healer script represents which desistance aspect?
Role modelling
A one size fits all approach fails to account for which desistance aspect?
Demographic variations
What best practice approach utilizes offender strengths?
Resource provision
Desistance requires offender motivation and which other key aspect?
Opportunity
Which theory states imprisonment deters future offending?
Deterrence theory
The condemnation script within desistance refers to which perception?
Being doomed to deviance
What agenda links desistance to broader social justice issues?
Desistance agenda
The good lives model approach focuses on offender:
Strengths
Who found prisoners receiving visits are less likely to reoffend?
Ditchfield
Which report outlined the importance of family links for prisoners?
Woolf Report
What concept links situational factors to offending behavior?
Routine activities
What theory states offenders simply mature out of crime?
Age graded theory
