Rehabilitation

Question 1

What is rehabilitation?

Answer 1

• Punishment can be used to change offenders to reduce recidivism.
• Uses treatment programmes which addresses the offenders issues.

Question 2

What theories link to rehabilitation?

Answer 2

• Cognitive theories favour CBT to teach offenders correct way of thinking.
• Eyesneck’s personality theory favours aversion therapy.
• Skinner’s Operant Learning Theory suggest token economies.
• Left Realism suggest lack of education causes offending.

Question 3

What are the criticisms of rehabilitation?

Answer 3

• Right realists suggest these activities are limited in their success.
• Marxists believe that this doesn’t shift the blame onto capitalism.