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Lecture 17: Resistance and resettlement - Prisons and Desistance Flashcards

1
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What does the term desistance refer to?

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How offenders abstain from crime

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2
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What makes studying desistance difficult to research?

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Defining measures

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3
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How do Maruna and Farrall define primary desistance?

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Any crime free gap

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4
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What does the term ‘secondary desistance’ refer to?

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Adopting a non-offending identity

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5
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What desistance term refers to social recognition of change?

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Tertiary

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6
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Desistance theories emphasize:

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  • Individual factors
  • Social factors
  • Biological factors
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7
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What theory links physical development to desistance?

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Maturation reform theory

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8
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How may marriage influence desistance?

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Increases affection needs

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9
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What critiques exist of structural desistance theories?

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  • Fails to explain different pathways
  • Under emphasize individual agency
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10
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What theory suggests offenders have nothing left to lose?

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Social control

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11
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Who found a link between parenthood and desistance?

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Giordano

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12
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What theoretical approach emphasizes identity change?

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Interactionist theories

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13
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Maruna’s redemption script refers to which desistance aspect?

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Creating a new identity

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14
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What is implied by the term ‘generative script’ in desistance?

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Productive new goals

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15
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The expert prediction theory suggests offenders can predict:

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Their risk of reoffending

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16
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What theory states offenders have beaten the system?

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Deterrence

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17
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Interactionist approaches emphasize the interaction between:

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Agency and structure

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18
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Narrative theories argue desistance involves:

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Identity change

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19
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What key predictor relates to desistance?

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Hope

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20
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What critique is made regarding the criminal justice system and desistance?

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Relapse is not accepted

21
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One size fits all interventions fail to account for what?

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  • Crime type
  • Gender
  • Age
22
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What approach advocates looking to existing offender strengths?

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Good lives model

23
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What is needed alongside individual agency for desistance?

A

Community acceptance

24
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What broader commitment is required for prisoner resettlement?

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  • Political support
  • Social support
  • Community support
25
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What theory states some offenders are doomed to reoffend?

A

Condemnation theory

26
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How does social exclusion impact desistance?

A

Reduces likelihood of desistance

27
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What agenda advocates for social justice regarding ex-prisoners?

A

Desistance agenda

28
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What evidence links family contact and reduced reoffending?

A

Woolf Report

29
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What theory suggests offending emerges from an offender’s environment and activities?

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Routine Activities Theory

30
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Who famously outlined maturation reform theory?

A

Glueck and Glueck

31
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What theory suggests offenders simply mature out of crime?

A

Age graded theory

32
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Structural theories imply transitional experiences:

A

Are varied and uncertain

33
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What theory suggests imprisonment causes offenders to desist?

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Deterrence theory

34
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Interactionist theories emphasize the interaction between which factors?

A

Agency and structure

35
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The expert prediction theory suggests which factor helps predict desistance?

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Personal estimates

36
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What are Maruna’s desistance narratives based on?

A

Offender interviews

37
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The wounded healer script represents which desistance aspect?

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Role modelling

38
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A one size fits all approach fails to account for which desistance aspect?

A

Demographic variations

39
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What best practice approach utilizes offender strengths?

A

Resource provision

40
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Desistance requires offender motivation and which other key aspect?

A

Opportunity

41
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Which theory states imprisonment deters future offending?

A

Deterrence theory

42
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The condemnation script within desistance refers to which perception?

A

Being doomed to deviance

43
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What agenda links desistance to broader social justice issues?

A

Desistance agenda

44
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The good lives model approach focuses on offender:

A

Strengths

45
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Who found prisoners receiving visits are less likely to reoffend?

A

Ditchfield

46
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Which report outlined the importance of family links for prisoners?

A

Woolf Report

47
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What concept links situational factors to offending behavior?

A

Routine activities

48
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What theory states offenders simply mature out of crime?

A

Age graded theory

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