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ARTICLE 13 – CORRECTIONAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN NORWAY Marianne Vollan Correctional work is about handling dilemmas. The most common of th ese is the perceived opposition between security and rehabilitation. But are they really opposites or contradictory? In my view, they represent two sides of the same question – one must never compromise security during the sentence, but rehabilitation will also reduce recidivism and thereby create more security after the sentence is served. The Norwegian Correctional Service is encouraged to give equal attention to both these aspects. Our mission statement tells us that we are: “…responsible for carrying out remands in custody and penal sanctions in a way that […]
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ARTICLE 12 – PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION IN THE ARGENTINE FEDERAL PRISON SERVICE Emiliano Blanco As highlighted by the UN Handbook on anti-corruption measures in prisons (2017), there are several factors about prison environments which pose challenges for the prevention of corruption. The purpose of this paper is to present a brief general discussion of corruption in prisons and to review some of the anti-corruption policies implemented by the Federal Penitentiary Service of Argentina, with special focus on the Intervention to reduce corruptibility indexes (IRIC, by its initials in Spanish) system, the role of compliance and dynamic security systems. Finally, we present the main results of the 2017/18 staff survey on […]
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ARTICLE 11 – PEER MENTORSHIP IN CANADIAN FEDERAL WOMEN OFFENDER INSTITUTIONS Stephanie Chalifoux-Taylor & Marie-Christine Pépin This article describes the Peer Mentorship Program currently available for offenders in the Correctional Service of Canada’s women’s institutions. Although some research on the effectiveness of peer counselling programs has been conducted within men’s prisons, there is little literature available on the effectiveness of peer counselling with women in prison. However, of the few studies that do exist, there is a strong suggestion that peer-counselling programs are beneficial for incarcerated women.
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ARTICLE 10 – ‘4-4-3’ GENDER-RESPONSIVE GUIDELINES FOR WORKING WITH FEMALE OFFENDERS IN SINGAPORE Tsz Wing Kok, April Lin Liangyu, Gabriel Ong With growing awareness and increased efforts to incorporate gender-responsive approaches in correctional practices, it is an opportune time to examine the current progress of gender-responsive practices in the Singapore Prison Service (SPS). This paper considers gender-responsive literature on female offending overseas and reviews local research and evidence-based practices. From there, integration of the findings is used to develop the ‘4-4-3’ guidelines for working with female offenders in Singapore. Keywords: female offenders, gender-responsive needs, gender-responsive approach
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ARTICLE 9 – THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN OFFENDER REHABILITATION Elison-Davies, S., Davies, G., Ward, J., Dugdale, S. & Weekes, J. This commentary paper discusses the increasingly significant role new technologies, specifically digital technologies, are playing in the rehabilitation of offenders. From the feelings of connection to the outside world which television and telephones-calls home can provide for offenders in prison, and the sense of agency self-service kiosks can provide in allowing such offenders to have more control over the lives during their sentence, these ‘rehabilitative technologies’ are changing the landscape of the criminal justice system. This paper also discusses the ways in which digital technologies are increasing access to […]
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ARTICLE 8 – THE IMPOVERISHED PRISON ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRISONER’S BRAIN Jesse Meijer This paper summarizes the results of a thesis aimed at studying the potential influence of the prison environment on executive functions and self-regulation. Executive functions include such aspects as attention, planning, working memory and inhibition for self-regulation, i.e. the ability to have autonomous and long-term goal-directed behavior. The prefrontal cortex is crucial for these functions. Antisocial populations such as prisoners often suffer from executive dysfunction and reduced prefrontal functioning. While an enriched environment consisting of physical activity, cognitive challenges and social interaction may have a positive influence on the prefrontal functions of the brain, prison is a […]
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ARTICLE 7 – HOW CAN RESEARCH ON CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS HELP THOSE WHO WORK IN CORRECTIONS? Megan Sullivan The upsurge in people incarcerated in the United States since the late 1970s has meant that many people in prison and jail are parents. Currently 2.7 million children in the United States have incarcerated parents, and more than 10 million children have had an incarcerated parent (Johnston, 2010). Given these numbers, researchers have examined how a parent’s imprisonment can impact a child’s growth and development. The history of this research and researchers’ findings can be useful to the corrections community. While much of the information below is specific to the United […]
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ARTICLE 6 – DARING TO ASK “WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?” – WHY CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS MUST BECOME TRAUMA-RESPONSIVE Jane Mulcahy Drawing on qualitative interview data collected during the author’s ongoing PhD research, this paper argues that the findings of many mainstream criminological studies and the dominant Risk/Needs/Responsivity (RNR) model of offender rehabilitation might be reinterpreted in the light of the evidence from epidemiology studies and neuroscience evidence that exposure to an overdose of trauma or Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in infancy arrests normal brain development and leads to catastrophic health, relational and social impacts over the life-course. The focus of prison-based services, in particular, should be redirected towards trauma-responsive practice in […]
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ARTICLE 5 – INTERVENTION NEEDS OF HIGH-RISK SEXUAL OFFENDERS IN SINGAPORE Joylynn Quek, Priyathanaa Kalyanasundram, & Ng Kend Tuck As etiological theories of sexual offending and research on treatment for sexual offenders are primarily founded in Western literature, this study aims to elucidate the intervention needs of sexual offenders in Singapore, as well as to investigate if they are consistent with offenders in a Western culture. A mixed-methods research study was undertaken to identify the intervention needs of high risk sexual offenders in Singapore (n=34). While results confirmed that high-risk sexual offenders in Singapore presented with similar intervention needs as in Western countries, the cultural distinctions surrounding these factors are […]
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ARTICLE 4 – PATHOLOGICAL PERSONALITY AND VIOLENCE RE-OFFENDING: FINDINGS AND APPLICATIONS FROM SINGAPORE Yasmin Ahamed, Yong Zhihao Paul, Rashida Binte Mohamed Zain & Natasha Lim Ke Xiu While there is extensive information available on personality pathology and violent individuals, there is a need to understand the impact of personality traits on vio lent re-offending among the local correctional population. Hence, a study was conducted to explore which personality constructs, as operationalised by the 14 MCMI-III personality scales, were most associated with violent re-offending among Singaporean male offenders with past violence convictions. The study found that collectively the Aggressive (Sadistic) and Antisocial personality scales were significantly associated with the risk of […]
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