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Criminogenic needs |
Offender attributes that need to be changed in order to reduce the likelihood of offending. |
How do we stop offenders from offending? |
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Responsivity |
In the crime control context, the ability of an offender to respond positively to a treatment-related intervention. |
In what direction does an offender respond? |
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Rehabilitation |
A planned intervention that is intended to change offenders for the better. |
What happens first to change an offenders ways? |
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Moral reconation therapy (MRT) |
A program that "attempts to facilitate a change in the clients process of conscious decision making" and "seeks to increase a clients awareness of decision making and to enhance appropriate behavior through development of higher moral reasoning. " |
What about decision making? Program? |
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Reasoning and rehabilitation (R&R) |
A cognitive behavioral program designed to teach cognitive and others skills that are necessary for prosocial functioning in society. |
How do they teach prosocial functioning in society? |
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Life skills |
The tools people use to overcome challenges. Examples include drug resistance skills, personal self management, and general social skills. |
Overcome by using what? |
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Treatment |
As distinguished from rehabilitation, a method of changing for the better people who are "addicted" to particular illegal behaviors, such as illicit drug consumption. |
Makes offenders what? |
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Meta analysis |
A research technique that amounts to synthesizing the literature devoted to a specific topic. |
This is broad or specific to what? |
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Vocational training |
Training a person in specific job or skill. |
Job related. |
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Correctional industry |
Goods and services that are produced by offenders during incarceration. |
What inmates do for very low washes in prison? |
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Work release |
The practice of releasing certain jail or prison inmates for specified periods of time so they can participate in the workforce |
Allows inmates to what for how long? Outside jail or prison. |
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Housing dispersal programs |
Intervention s that physically move certain inner-city residents to the suburbs |
Moving who, where? |
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Housing mobility programs |
Interventions that provide transportation to inner-city residents so that they can go to the suburbs to work. |
Like the ability to work in a better city |
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Offsetting behavior |
When policies intended to reduce risk cause people to act carelessly and put themselves even more at risk. |
May work but outcome is negative. |
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Risk avoidance behaviors |
The actions that people take to avoid being victimized or coming face to face with criminals |
Precautions |
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Family preservation therapy |
Interventions which seek to improve family relationships and functionality in an effort to prevent and/or control criminal and other inappropriate behavior. |
Deals with family? |
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Multisystemic therapy (MST) |
An intensive community and family-based treatment method that targets the many sources of antisocial behavior in delinquent juveniles. |
Intense what with who for what stage of social people? |
