Rehabilitation - AC2.2 (Aims of Punishments) Flashcards
What does rehabilitation mean?
Using punishments to change people and to ensure they don’t offend again using a various amounts of treatments
How do education and training programs help rehabilitate an offender?
Allows prisoners to avoid unemployment when released and earn and honest living
How do Anger management courses help rehabilitate an offender?
Can attend Aggression Replacement Training (ART) and CBT to control and reduce anger when released
How do drug treatment and testing help rehabilitate an offender?
Prevents future drug and alcohol dependencies and abuse
How do community sentences help rehabilitate an offender?
Makes them engage in the community as a part of their sentence
Which theories does rehabilitation link to?
- Skinner’s Operant learning theory
- Token economy: prisoners earn tokens which can be exchanged for leisure activities or items - Left realism
- Education programs: a lack of education and inequality in education causes crime so the programs help to create equality and reduce crime in the future
What criticisms are there of rehabilitation?
- Right realists see rehab as unsuccessful as around 50% re-offend again
- Marxists criticise rehabilitation for pushing the blame onto the offender’s failings
- Limited resources and budgets
- Requires active engagement and if an offender doesn’t engage then it doesn’t work