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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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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?

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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
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What theory states some offenders are doomed to reoffend?
Condemnation theory
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How does social exclusion impact desistance?
Reduces likelihood of desistance
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What agenda advocates for social justice regarding ex-prisoners?
Desistance agenda
28
What evidence links family contact and reduced reoffending?
Woolf Report
29
What theory suggests offending emerges from an offender's environment and activities?
Routine Activities Theory
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Who famously outlined maturation reform theory?
Glueck and Glueck
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What theory suggests offenders simply mature out of crime?
Age graded theory
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Structural theories imply transitional experiences:
Are varied and uncertain
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What theory suggests imprisonment causes offenders to desist?
Deterrence theory
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Interactionist theories emphasize the interaction between which factors?
Agency and structure
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The expert prediction theory suggests which factor helps predict desistance?
Personal estimates
36
What are Maruna's desistance narratives based on?
Offender interviews
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The wounded healer script represents which desistance aspect?
Role modelling
38
A one size fits all approach fails to account for which desistance aspect?
Demographic variations
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What best practice approach utilizes offender strengths?
Resource provision
40
Desistance requires offender motivation and which other key aspect?
Opportunity
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Which theory states imprisonment deters future offending?
Deterrence theory
42
The condemnation script within desistance refers to which perception?
Being doomed to deviance
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What agenda links desistance to broader social justice issues?
Desistance agenda
44
The good lives model approach focuses on offender:
Strengths
45
Who found prisoners receiving visits are less likely to reoffend?
Ditchfield
46
Which report outlined the importance of family links for prisoners?
Woolf Report
47
What concept links situational factors to offending behavior?
Routine activities
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What theory states offenders simply mature out of crime?
Age graded theory

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