Rehabilitation - AC2.2 (Aims of Punishments)

Question 1

What does rehabilitation mean?

Answer 1

Using punishments to change people and to ensure they don’t offend again using a various amounts of treatments

Question 2

How do education and training programs help rehabilitate an offender?

Answer 2

Allows prisoners to avoid unemployment when released and earn and honest living

Question 3

How do Anger management courses help rehabilitate an offender?

Answer 3

Can attend Aggression Replacement Training (ART) and CBT to control and reduce anger when released

Question 4

How do drug treatment and testing help rehabilitate an offender?

Answer 4

Prevents future drug and alcohol dependencies and abuse

Question 5

How do community sentences help rehabilitate an offender?

Answer 5

Makes them engage in the community as a part of their sentence

Question 6

Which theories does rehabilitation link to?

Answer 6

1. Skinner’s Operant learning theory
   - Token economy: prisoners earn tokens which can be exchanged for leisure activities or items
2. 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

Question 7

What criticisms are there of rehabilitation?

Answer 7

1. Right realists see rehab as unsuccessful as around 50% re-offend again
2. Marxists criticise rehabilitation for pushing the blame onto the offender’s failings
3. Limited resources and budgets
4. Requires active engagement and if an offender doesn’t engage then it doesn’t work