Deck 23: The Rehabilitation of Offenders: Good Lives and Risk Reduction

Question 1

The term "good lives" is commonly used within rehabilitation theory. According to Ward and Maruna (2007), good lives can be described as lives that are characterised by individuals having a sense of purpose, higher levels of well-being, and adherence to socially proscribed norms.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

According to Lösel's (2010) review, what three factors are likely to culminate in lower levels of crime?
A. A combination of effective ______ programmes
B. A greater use of _______ measures
C. Adopting a _______ perspective on prevention

Answer 2

A. rehabilitation
B. community
C. developmental

Question 3

In recent reviews of offender treatment programmes, punitive treatments such as boot camps have shown little success in preventing reoffending.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

When authors talk about the "capacity building dimension of rehabilitation" and "strength-based approaches to rehabilitation", these phrases refer to the fact that rehabilitation theory is focused on helping offenders to build _____ skills (such as knowledge and skills) and ____ skills (such as social support and employment) that will help them to avoid reoffending in the future.

Question 5

The desistance literature seeks to understand the lifestyle change process associated with disengagement from crime.

Question 6

The factors that Laub and Sampson (Laub & Sampson, 2001; Sampson & Laub, 1993) found to encourage desistance from crime were strong bonds, strong martial attachment and what else?

Question 7

A primarily risk management based approach to offender rehabilitation best describes which approach to rehabilitation?

A) The Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model of offender rehabilitation
B) The Good Lives Model (GLM)

Question 8

The most heavily cited criticism of the RNR model is its failure to motivate and engage offenders in the rehabilitation process.

Question 9

The Good Lives Model (GLM) of offender rehabilitation is a strength-based approach to rehabilitation. According to the GLM, criminal behaviour results when individuals lack the internal and external resources necessary to satisfy their values using prosocial means.

Question 10

Within the Good Lives Model (GLM) primary goods are described as states of mind, personal characteristics and experiences that are shared by all humans (including offenders). These primary goods are things that we are all motivated to achieve in life. These are nine classes of primary goods. Which of these is not one of them?

A) Knowledge acquisition
B) Spirituality
C) Happiness
D) Excellence in work
E) Reproduction
F) Inner peace

Question 11

Within the Good Lives Model (GLM), criminogenic needs are conceptualised as internal and external obstacles that interfere with the acquisition of primary goods