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The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
Demetra Andrews,James Bonta +1 more
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For instance, the authors investigates the relationship between the beginning and maintenance of criminal activity and diverse risk predictors (singular and social, static and dynamic) in the development of criminal behaviour.Abstract:
Throughout the last decades the so-called Psychology of criminal conduct, which agglutinates scientific knowledge surrounding criminal phenomena, has been taking shape. We can find among the principal fields of interests an explanation for antisocial behaviour where learning theories, analyses of individual characteristics, strain-agression hypotheses, studies on social vinculation and crime, and the analyses of criminal careers are relevant. This last sector, also denominated ‘developmental criminology’, investigates the relationship between the beginning and maintenance of criminal activity and diverse risk predictors (singular and social, static and dynamic). Their results have had great relevance in the creation of crime prevention and treatment programs. Psychological treatments of offenders are aimed at the modification of those risk factors, known as ‘criminogenic needs’, which are considered to be directly related to their criminal activity. In particular, treatment programs attempt to provide criminals (whether juveniles, abusers, sexual aggressors, etc.) with new repertoires of prosocial behaviour, develop their thinking, regulate their choleric emotions, and prevent relapses or recidivisms in crime. Lastly, nowadays the Psychology of criminal conduct places special emphasis on the prediction and management of the risk for violent and antisocial behaviour, a field which will be addressed in a subsequent paper of this same monograph.read more
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The Good Lives Model: a strength-based approach for youth offenders
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Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ): An Offender Risk and Need Assessment Measure on Australian, British, Canadian, Singaporean, and American Offenders
Wagdy Loza,Anita Cumbleton,Ariana Shahinfar,Lee Hong Neo,Maggie Evans,Michael Conley,Roger Summers +6 more
TL;DR: Results provided support for the validity of the SAQ to be used with the culturally diverse offenders involved in this research and provided further evidence that contradicts concerns that theSAQ as a self-report measure may be susceptible to lying, and self-presentation biases.
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Prisoners and their victims: Techniques of neutralization, techniques of the self:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that denial of the victim is one of the five classic techniques described by Sykes and Matza in their seminal work on techniques of neutralization, and that it might fruitfully be re-conceptualized as a Foucauldian technique of the self tailored to the specific context of the prison.
Document Title: Targeting for Reentry: Matching Needs and Services to Maximize Public Safety
Douglas Young,James M. Byrne +1 more
TL;DR: Taxman et al. as mentioned in this paper developed a series of system-wide reentry initiatives that focus on reducing the recidivism of offenders, including Reentry Partnership Initiatives (RPI), modified drug courts that focused on the ex-inmate, and weed and seed-based reentry partnerships.
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Predictors of Recidivism for Adolescent Offenders in a Singapore Sample
Rebecca P. Ang,Vivien S. Huan +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify significant predictors of recidivism in a sample of 772 adolescent offenders in Singapore, using data collected from probation officers' reports, and highlight the need to prevent an early foray into crime by seriously considering interventions that address issues of child and adolescent aggression.
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