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Recidivism in Young Offenders
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Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - September 2, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Palermo, G. B. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Enhancing the National Incident-Based Reporting System: A Policy Proposal
This article outlines a strategy for enhancing NIBRS by (a) providing police agencies free and supported software to extract and transmit an agency’s Record Management System (RMS) data in NIBRS format (or a data-entry system if an RMS does not exist), (b) including personal identifiers of arrestees, and (c) allowing police agencies to access the national data for routine police work. The article describes how taking these steps would decrease the costs of implementing and maintaining NIBRS, encourage widespread adoption, and increase data quality. These enhancements could foster substantial improvements in policing ...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - August 10, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Bierie, D. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

One Country, Two Cultures: Are Hong Kong Mock Jurors "Mainlandized" by the Predominant Chinese Criminal Justice Concept of Confession?
Over-reliance on confession has had a long history in the Chinese criminal justice system. Recent high-profile wrongful conviction cases have raised public awareness of the coercive and torturous methods used to extract confessions. Despite the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, Hong Kong remains a common law jurisdiction and the most serious criminal offences are tried by a jury. The present study empirically examines the relative impact of DNA evidence, confession, eyewitness testimony, and victim testimony in a Hong Kong–Chinese mock juror sample. The results show that the participants placed greater valu...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - August 10, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Hui, C. Y. T., Lo, T. W. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Anomic Strain and External Constraints: A Reassessment of Merton's Anomie/Strain Theory Using Data From Ukraine
This study provides a new assessment of Merton’s anomie/strain theory and fills in several gaps in the literature. First, using the data from the sample of adolescents in an especially suitable and interesting setting, post-Soviet Ukraine, it investigates the applicability of the theory to this context and reveals that predictive powers of anomic strain may be influenced by larger sociocultural environments. Second, it evaluates the possibility of theoretical elaboration of Merton’s theory through identifying contingencies such as external constraints on behavior and finds limited support for moderating effects...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - August 10, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Antonaccio, O., Smith, W. R., Gostjev, F. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A Comparison of Attitudes Toward Prisoners of Religious and Non-Religious College Students in Hong Kong
This study aims to examine and compare religious affiliation and spirituality with respect to attitudes toward prisoners. Respondents were comprised of a sample of college students in Hong Kong divided into three groups: Buddhists, Christians, and those self-identified as non-religious. Both Christians and Buddhists displayed more positive attitudes toward prisoners with respect to perceived bad character and perception of negative interaction compared with the non-religious. Likewise, Christians and Buddhists exhibited more positive attitudes toward prisoners with respect to empathy and perception that prisoners are norma...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - August 10, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Chui, W. H., Cheng, K. K.-y. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Risky or Needy? Dynamic Risk Factors and Delinquent Behavior of Adolescents in Secure Residential Youth Care
Although it is known that adolescents in secure residential care often show multiple behavior problems, it is largely unknown which dynamic risk factors are associated with their problems. The aim of the present study is to examine dynamic risk factors for 164 Dutch adolescents in secure residential care. Results show that a majority reports multiple risk factors in both an individual and contextual domain but that about a fifth shows relatively few risk factors. Substance abuse and delinquent friends were among the five most prevalent risk factors and predicted the seriousness of the adolescents’ delinquent behavior...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - August 10, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Harder, A. T., Knorth, E. J., Kalverboer, M. E. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship Between Cell Sharing, Staff-Prisoner Relationships, and Prisoners' Perceptions of Prison Quality
This study aims to fill this gap with a multilevel analysis on the link between cell sharing and quality of prison life, using results from a Dutch prisoner survey. Findings show that cell sharing is associated with lower perceived prison quality, which is partially mediated by reduced quality of staff–prisoner relationships. Cell sharing thus undermines the Dutch penological philosophy, which considers staff–prisoner relationships to be at the heart of prisoner treatment and rehabilitation. It is recommended that prisoners are held in single rather than double cells. (Source: International Journal of Offender ...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - August 10, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Molleman, T., van Ginneken, E. F. J. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Quality Matters, Doesn't It?
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Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - August 10, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Tewksbury, R. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Evaluation of the Positive Re-Entry in Corrections Program: A Positive Psychology Intervention With Prison Inmates
Two groups of male inmates (n = 31, n = 31) participated in the Positive Re-Entry in Corrections Program (PRCP). This positive psychology intervention focused on teaching offenders skills that facilitate re-entry into the community. Offenders participated in weekly lectures, discussions, and homework assignments focused on positive psychology principles. The two groups differed in duration of treatment (8 weeks and 12 weeks). Participants completed pre- and post-intervention measures of gratitude, hope, and life satisfaction. Using a 2 x 2 mixed design ANOVA, we hypothesized that the intervention (with two between-subjects...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - July 6, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Huynh, K. H., Hall, B., Hurst, M. A., Bikos, L. H. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

On the Potential Implications of Reports of Fictitious Drug Use for Survey Research on Juvenile Delinquency
In this study, we call attention to the provision of untruthful information and provide an investigation of this issue using a survey item that assesses a respondent’s use of a fictitious drug in relation to reports of delinquency and traditional criminological correlates. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted based on data drawn from a probability sample of middle and high school students in Florida. Results show (a) there are important differences on key criminological variables between respondents who report use of a fictitious drug and those who do not; (b) the internal consistency of a variety index...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - July 6, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Meldrum, R. C., Piquero, A. R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Treatment and Control: A Qualitative Study of Older Mentally Ill Offenders' Perceptions on Their Detention and Care Trajectory
The life of older mentally ill offenders (OMIOs) is often characterized by successive periods of detention in correctional facilities, admissions to psychiatric services, and unsuccessful attempts to live independently. Through in-depth interviews, eight personal stories from OMIOs under supervision of the commission of social defence in Ghent (Belgium) were analyzed in the phenomenological research tradition. The results of the study reveal that OMIOs had more positive and less negative experiences in prison settings when compared with other institutional care settings. Independent living, unsurprisingly, is favored the m...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - July 6, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: De Smet, S., Van Hecke, N., Verte, D., Broekaert, E., Ryan, D., Vandevelde, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

At the Intersection of Private and Political Conflict Zones: Policing Domestic Violence in the Arab Community in Israel
This article addresses the challenges posed by state intervention in a multicultural society characterized by intense political conflict, juxtaposing the voices of batterers, victims, community members, and the officials who are involved in policing domestic violence (DV) in the Arab community in Israel. A meta-analysis of interview-based data excerpts appearing in published studies shows how the response to DV in the Arab community, though consistent with Israeli law and policy, creates a sense of paralysis for the police and frustration for the parties to the violence as well as the affected communities. The cultural, so...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - July 6, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Erez, E., Ibarra, P. R., Gur, O. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Recidivism Among Licensed-Released Prisoners Who Participated in the EM Program in Israel
Toward the end of 2006, a pilot program was launched in Israel wherein licensed-released prisoners were put under electronic monitoring (EM). In addition to EM, the pilot program, operated by the Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Authority, provides programs of occupational supervision and personal therapy and is designed to allow for early release of those prisoners who, without increased supervision, would have been found unsuitable for early release. The aim of this study was to ascertain whether participation in the EM program among licensed-released prisoners in Israel might bring about lessened recidivism. For that mat...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - July 6, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Shoham, E., Yehosha-Stern, S., Efodi, R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Electronic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System: Less Recidivism?
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Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - July 6, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Palermo, G. B. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Revenge: An Analysis of Its Psychological Underpinnings
An overview of the literature and theories concerning revenge is presented in this study. The aim is to clarify the boundaries between a healthy and pathological way of dealing with revenge to improve diagnostics, with regard to both theory and clinical practice. Revenge is an intrapersonal phenomenon and the extent to which people need revenge has a certain degree of stability. A healthy way of dealing with revenge may restore the psychological balance that has previously been disturbed. However, the desire for revenge can be long-lasting and dysfunctional due to, among other things, early problems in development and spec...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - June 15, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Grobbink, L. H., Derksen, J. J. L., van Marle, H. J. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research