Lecture 3-Managing Criminal Behaviour

Question 1

What are the 4 alternatives to incarceration?

Answer 1

-Absolute or conditional discharge
-Restitution
-fines/community service
-conditional sentence

Question 2

Absolute or conditional discharge

Answer 2

you follow the conditions for an amount of time and then your criminal record is untouched

Question 3

restitution

Answer 3

pay money to the victim

Question 4

fines

Answer 4

money to the government

Question 5

Conditional sentence

Answer 5

house arrest for example, cannot breach the conditions or you go back in jail

Question 6

statutory release

Answer 6

if you serve 2/3 of your sentence then you get released on a condition to finish your sentence

Question 7

3 Approaches to managing criminal behaviour

Answer 7

Retribution, Rehabilitation, Restoration

Question 8

RNR

Answer 8

risk, need, responsivity

Question 9

Risk

Answer 9

-higher security for those who are higher risk

Question 10

Need

Answer 10

-things related statistically to crime
-target criminal attitudes and personality
-central 8 are the most important thing focused on

Question 11

Responsivity

Answer 11

-Style of treatment should match learning abilities of offender
-there is general or specefic

Question 12

What 3 aspects does SAPROF have?

Answer 12

-Internal to the person
-Motivation
-External to the person

Question 13

Diagnosis

Answer 13

detecting the presence of a condition

Question 14

Prognosis

Answer 14

Predicting likelihood of future event

Question 15

What are the 2 dynamic risk factors?

Answer 15

Stable dynamic; persistent and change slowly
Acute dynamic; rapidly fluctuating

Question 16

Unique risk factors

Answer 16

Domestic Violence, Sexual Offending

Question 17

Risk assessment approaches

Answer 17

Unstructured, Actuarial tools, Structured professional judgment (SPJ), Mechanical approaches