L11 Offender Rehabilitation

Question 1

3 Ideologies of prison

Answer 1

• retrubution (through punishment)
• utilitarianism (reduce reoffending through change)
• humanitariansim (rehabilitation)

Question 2

Criminality & treatment Strat (check photo alumb)

Question 3

What is cognitivr skills program?

Answer 3

• effective in reducing recidivism
• self-control
  -cog. style
• interpersonal problem solution
• social perspective taking
• values
• critical reasoning

Question 4

Treament effectiveness for sex offenders

Answer 4

• wife assulters case & sex offender case
• finishing the treatment program seems to help reduce the chances of reoffending, while those who left early were more likely to commit new offenses
• another meta analytic study, treatment didn’t significantly change the chances of reoffending. Treated offenders had a lower reoffending rate, but the difference was not large enough to be considered significant.

Question 5

Treament effectiveness for sex offenders (cont.)

Answer 5

• punishment may not be effective
• interventions are ineffective
• Educational programs were the most effective (than cog. BT then theaputic communities diversion program), while sex offenders benefited more from treatment than those committing other types of crimes

Question 6

What is Manualisation?

Answer 6

Structing therapy program in a formal manual of the therapy, preventing therapists from altering the program based on personal preferences

Question 7

What is the benefits of manualisation?

Answer 7

• standardisation of treatment
• consistency of treatment delivery
• treatment intergrity (treatment program follows its original theory and design)
• highly structured materials (helps provide clear guidelines on the techniques and processes to be employed in therapy)

Question 8

What are manulisation criticisms?

Answer 8

• negation of theoretical principles (prioritize adherence to the manual over understanding the underlying concepts,
  off the peg aka one size fits all solution)
• lack of indiviual case formulation
• lack of clincial artistry (clinician’s insigth diminshed)
• emphasis on single school of therapy ( restrict the practice to one school of thought)

Question 9

Dimensions of psy in prison:

Answer 9

• risk assessment (prisioner time in orison planned & targets set)
• initial risk assessment
• indivoual clinical work (anger stress management, CBT)
• decision to progress through prison system for possible final realse (more corporate task than psy alone)
• discretionary life panels (psychologist on parole board assessment)

Question 10

Treatment of Sex Offenders from CBT & Sig. Frued

Answer 10

• untreatable for psychodynamic model
• CBT model in treatmen:
  where: limited no. of prsions resourced for CBT
  who: greatest risk reoffenders from formal risk offenders
  when: 2 or more years
  whom: all staffs + psychologists

Question 11

Other types of treatment for sex offenders

Answer 11

• brainstorm & group discussion
  -smaller or buzz group
• role playing
• focus on individual (scrutiny & evlauted by rest of group)
• video (victim experience)
• home work (diary journal)

Question 12

4 main types of Sex Offender treatments (Prentky, knight, and Lee (1997))

Answer 12

• Evocative therapy (make them understand cause & motivation of sexual behaviour)
• Psychoeducational counselling
• Drug treatment (reduce sexual arousal)
• CBT

Question 13

Psychopath treatments

Answer 13

• no known treatment/effective for adult psychopaths
• difficult in assessint treatment effectiveness accuratly
• group therapy & treatment may just develop psychopaths to be more skilled in manupulation ie appear model inmates