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What is restorative justice

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A system for dealing w offending behav which focuses on rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with victims

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Key features of RJ

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Trained mediator
Non courtroom setting
Face to face meeting
Victim confront offender and explain impact
Active involvement whenever possible

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Sentencing and RJ

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Acts as an incentive to reduce sentence length

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Restitution

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Financial - money towards psych damage or physical damage
Practical- repair it themselves
Emotional- support in healing process

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Anger management

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A programme that involves identifying signs that trigger anger as well as learning techniques to calm themselves down

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Anger management stages

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Cognitive prep
Skill acquisition
Application practice

Calm People Should Always Avoid Angry People

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Stage 1 AM

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Requires offenders to reflect on past experience and identify triggers
Therapist points out irrational thought

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Stage 2 - AM

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Skill acquisition
Positive self talk
How to communicate more effectively
Methods of relaxation

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Stage 3 - AM

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Application practice
Offenders practice new skills within controlled environment re-enacting scenarios

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AM and young offenders (Keen et al)

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Offenders between 17-21
Findings = increased awareness and increased capacity to self control

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Behavioural modification

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Treatment using operant conditioning
Replace undesirable behav w more desirable using token economy (positive economy)

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Token economy system

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Desirable behaviour eg avoiding confrontation is reward with token - secondary reinforcers
Positive reinforcers = privilege eg extra exercise time

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Designing TES

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Operationalised behaviour- specific criteria eg speaking politely
Scoring system - worth of specific behav
Token:punish 4:1
Train staff to standardise procedure and record

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Custodial sentencing

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A decision made by court that punishment of crime should involve time in prison

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Aims of CS

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Deterrence
Incapacitation
Retribution
Rehabilitation

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Deterrence CS

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Unpleasant prison is designed to put off from engaging in offending behav
General= broad message no tolerate
Individual= prevent themselves from repeat
Vicarious punishment

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Incapacitation CS

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Offender is taken out of society to prevent reoffending- protect public

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Retribution

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Society is revenging the offence by making offender suffer

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Rehabilitating

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Reform- prison should provide opportunities as well as criminal reflect on offence

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Effects of custodial sentencing

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Stress - suicide and self harm highest in prison than anywhere else risk of trigger psych disorder
Institutionalisation- inmates adapt to norms of prison cannot function on outside
Prisonisation - inmate code not suitable for outside world

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Psychodynamic explanation to offending

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Weak superego - if parent is absent in phallic stage cannot internalise and no identification
Deviant superego - superego of a child internalise criminal parent
Overharsh superego- firm parent superego is crippled by guilt superego crimes for need of punishment

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Maternal deprivation

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Failure to establish a relationship in first few years a child is likely to experience damaging consequences
44 thieves 14 affectionless psychopaths 12/14 maternal deprivation

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Differential association theory

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Explanation of offending which proposes that through interaction of others
Learn values and techniques for offending behaviour
Frequency + intensity+ duration = likelihood of offending

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Learning attitudes DAT

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Exposed to values and attitudes towards the law when socialising in group
If number of pro criminal attitudes outweighs then they will offend

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Learning techniques DAT
Offender exposed to offending techniques eg how to pick a lock
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Reoffending DAT
Whilst in prison inmates learn techniques from one another - observational learning or even tuition
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Level of moral reasoning
The higher the level the more that behaviour is driven by a sense of what is right and lower level is driven by just avoiding punishment
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Kohlbergs three levels
Pre conventional morality Conventional morality Post conventional morality
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Pre conventional morality
Stage 1 = rules are obeyed to avoid punishment Stage 2= rules obeyed for personal gain
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Conventional morality
Stage 4= rules obeyed for approval Stage 5= rules obeyed to maintain social order
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Postconventional morality
Stage 5 = rules are challenged if infringe on rights of others Stage 6= personal set of ethical principles
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Cognitive distortions
Faulty and irrational way of thinking that mean we perceive the world inaccurately- negatively
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Hostile attribution bias (cog dis)
Those who are violent are more likely to misinterpret actions of others seeing them as confrontational 55 violent criminals shown images of expressions violent offenders more perecieve as angry and hostile
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Minimisation
Downplaying significance of an event 54% deny rape 40% minimised harm 35% kiddy fiddlers non sexual 36% consensual
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Eysenks theory of criminal personality
An individual who scores high on extraversion neuroticism and psychotic idm and cannot be conditioned
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Biological basis of criminal personality EPQ
All traits origin come through in our biology - nervous system Extraverts =underactive nervous system seek excitement Neurotic= high activity in sympathetic system - difficult to predict Psychotic= higher levels of testosterone prone to aggression
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Socialisation criminal personality
Offenders = immature instant gratification Difficult to condition so less likely to learn anxiety response so become antisocial in presenting situations
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EPQ
A test for e and n to determine personality type Prisoners scored higher on scale
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Genetic explanation of offending
Twin studies - 35% of mz twins 13% dz twins Biological criminal mother 50% chance of criminal record by 18 MAOA gene build up of serotonin and linked to aggressive behav CDH13 gene attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Neural explanations for offending
Antisocial personality disorder studies Pre frontal cortex regulates emotions 11% reduction in psychos Mirror neurons “feel their pain” when ask neurons trigger - APD have neural switch turned on and off in comparison to always on
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Atavistic form
Lack evolutionary development primitive species ill suited to conforming to modern society Narrow sloping brow, Strong jaw Facial asymmetry ,Dark skin Insensitive to pain and use slang
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Lombrosos resarch
40% of criminal acts committed by people w atavistic characteristics
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Offender types
Murderers - blood shot eyes and curly hair Sexual deviants - glinting eyes fleshy lips projecting ears Fraudsters- reedy lips
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Bottom up approach
Profilers work up from evidence to develop hypothesis about offender
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Investigative psychology
Matching details from the crime scene with statistical analysis of typical offender behaviour patterns Interpersonal coherence- the way an offender behaves and interacts w victim Time and place Forensic awareness repeat offenders covering tracks
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Geographical profiling
Based on spatial consistency operational base and future offences Canters circle theory - offending circle around home Marauder = close proximity Commuter = travel fair distance Figure out mental maps transport age employment etc
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Top down approach
Profilers start w pre established type and work down to lower levels and details based on evidence from scene and witnesses
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Types of offender
Organised - planned crime high degree of control during crime little clues intelligent and competent Disorganised - spur of the moment body at scene very little control low iq sexually dysfunctional live alone
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Constructing fbi profile
Data assimilation - evidence Crime scene classification- organ/disor Crime reconstruction- hypothesis events Profile generation - likely offender profile eg background etc

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