Is the Good Lives Model of offender treatment relevant to sex offenders with a learning disability?

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Aust
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Good Lives Model ◽  
Good Lives

Evaluation of a Community-Based Sex Offender Treatment Program Using a Good Lives Model Approach

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 519-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Harkins ◽  
Vanja E. Flak ◽  
Anthony R. Beech ◽  
Jessica Woodhams
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Program ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Good Lives Model ◽  
Good Lives ◽  
Model Approach

Paternalism and the Good Lives Model of Sex Offender Rehabilitation

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Glaser
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Offender Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Good Lives Model ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Good Lives

The lives of sex offenders are often confused and disorganized. Modern sex offender rehabilitation approaches such as the good lives model emphasize holistic aims such as helping offenders to live more satisfying and fulfilling lives, rather than merely teaching them to avoid risk. The appeal of the model lies in its justification by paternalism: Whatever harms are inflicted on offenders during the rehabilitation process are ultimately for their own good. But paternalism has its limitations, which include potential infringements on offenders’ autonomy and human rights, the risk of therapists imposing their own values and attitudes, and false claims that harmful interventions are justified by their benefit for offenders. Furthermore, some recent empirical studies suggest that offenders themselves do not necessarily prefer personal well-being goals over risk management techniques and that some offenders find it distressingly easy to incorporate “good lives” principles into an ongoing antisocial lifestyle. These limitations need to be taken into account when applying a good lives approach.

The Good Lives Model: A New Paradigm for Forensic Mental Health

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Barnao ◽  
Tony Ward ◽  
Peter Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Forensic Mental Health ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Good Lives Model ◽  
Good Lives

Does the good lives model work? A systematic review of the recidivism evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-300
Author(s):  
Jenna Zeccola ◽  
Sally Fiona Kelty ◽  
Douglas Boer
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Correct Treatment ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
Good Lives Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reducing Recidivism ◽  
Prison Community ◽  
Treatment Dosage ◽  
Good Lives

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficacy of good lives model (GLM) interventions on the recidivism outcomes of convicted offenders. Design/methodology/approach The review adhered to preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis and Cochrane guidelines. Digital databases were searched and articles reporting outcomes of the GLM amongst convicted offenders and outcomes including recidivism data and pre-post measures of dynamic risk were included in a narrative synthesis. Findings Of 1,791 articles screened, only six studies met the criteria for review. Key findings were: in half the reviewed studies, GLM did not increase recidivism risk; in half the reviewed studies, only when the correct treatment dosage was applied that some evidence of risk reduction was found; there was limited support for GLM increasing or sustaining motivation for resistance from reoffending. Research for the review was limited and support for the GLM in reducing recidivism rates was not established. Practical implications In this 2021 review, the authors examined the efficacy of the GLM in reducing recidivism. This addresses a gap in the literature. The authors found that there is insufficient evidence to suggest that the GLM can reduce recidivism. This has implications for practitioners who wish to deliver evidence-based practices in prison/community settings. There is currently not enough peer-reviewed evidence to unequivocally confirm the efficacy of the GLM. The authors recommended additional quality programme outcome research be carried out. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to assess quantitative and qualitative studies on the efficacy of the GLM and provides foundations for future research.

scholarly journals “Mr S, you do have sexual fantasies?” The Parole Hearing and Treatment of a Sex Offender at the Turn of the 21st Century

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dany Lacombe
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment ◽  
Sexual Fantasies ◽  
Parole Board ◽  
Clear Sign ◽  
Prevention Plan

How does the Parole Board decide a sex offender is rehabilitated and can be released into the community? This case study of a parole hearing reveals the significance the Parole Board gives to a sex offender’s management of his arousal as a clear sign of his rehabilitation. To explain the Board’s preoccupation with a sex offender’s sexual fantasies and arousal, I draw on a prison ethnography of a sex offender treatment program. Rehabilitation as risk management relies on the development of a crime cycle and relapse prevention plan designed to grasp the connection between fantasies, arousal and offending. I argue the parole hearing and treatment program exist in a symbiotic relationship that fabricates the sex offender into a species larger than life, one at risk of offending all the time. Key words: rehabilitation, sex offenders, parole, sexual fantasies, ethnography, prison.

Self-regulation of sex offending, future pathways and the Good Lives Model: Applications and problems

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Lindsay ◽  
Tony Ward ◽  
Tom Morgan ◽  
Iris Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Sex Offending ◽  
Good Lives Model ◽  
Good Lives

Relationships Between Treatment Delivery, Program Attrition, and Reoffending Outcomes in an Intensive Custodial Sex Offender Program

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark V. A. Howard ◽  
Abilio C. de Almeida Neto ◽  
Jennifer J. Galouzis
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Potential Interaction ◽  
Program Completion ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Therapist Characteristics ◽  
Treatment Delivery ◽  
Program Adherence ◽  
Program Attrition

Retention of sex offenders to the completion of treatment is critical to program adherence to risk need responsivity (RNR) principles; however, it is also important to consider the potential interaction between attrition and treatment outcomes such as reoffending. The first aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of changes to treatment delivery in a residential sex offender treatment program (SOTP), including introduction of rolling groups and systematic emphasis on positive therapist characteristics, on likelihood of program noncompletion ( n = 652). Pooled regression modeling indicated that these operational interventions were associated with a significantly increased likelihood of program completion. We also examined whether variance in rates of participant attrition was related to reoffending outcomes for program completers ( n = 494). Incidence of attrition within completing participants’ treatment cohorts had a significant negative association with hazard of sexual reoffending that was not accounted for by pretreatment risk. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for treatment delivery processes that aim to optimize both participant retention and treatment effectiveness.

The Use of Leuprolide Acetate in the Management of High-Risk Sex Offenders

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 930-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Gallo ◽  
Jeffrey Abracen ◽  
Jan Looman ◽  
Elizabeth Jeglic ◽  
Robert Dickey
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Dependent Measure ◽  
Leuprolide Acetate ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Long Term Outcome

The present study investigates whether leuprolide acetate (Lupron) adds to the efficacy of traditional sex offender treatment. A group of sex offenders receiving both Lupron and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT; n = 25) were compared with a group of sex offenders receiving only CBT ( n = 22). Treated subjects were compared with norms available with reference to the Static-99R, as well as compared with a sample of untreated, nonsexual violent offenders ( n = 81), to provide baseline data regarding risk of violent recidivism. Results indicated that subjects receiving Lupron were at significantly higher risk of recidivism and significantly more likely to be diagnosed with a paraphilia than subjects receiving only CBT, a priori. Both treated groups of sexual offenders recidivated at substantially lower rates than predicted by the Static-99R. Currently, this study represents the only, long-term outcome study on Lupron administration using officially recorded recidivism as the primary dependent measure.

Quand la justice restaurative rencontre le Good Lives Model de réhabilitation des délinquants sexuels : fondements, articulations et applications

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geneviève Coco ◽  
Serge Corneille
Keyword(s):  
Good Lives Model ◽  
Good Lives ◽  
Premiere Partie ◽  
Pratique Clinique

Résumé À partir de la littérature scientifique et de leur pratique clinique, les auteurs discutent les modèles pénologiques et d’intervention psychologique destinée aux délinquants sexuels. Une première partie du propos présente le modèle de justice réparatrice et/ou restaurative à la lumière des modèles pénologiques qui l’ont précédé. Une seconde partie est consacrée au Good Lives Model, le modèle d’intervention psychologique le plus récent. Dans une troisième partie, les auteurs détaillent les liens unissant le modèle de justice réparatrice et/ou restaurative au Good Lives Model et exposent, dans une quatrième partie, diverses applications de ces modèles dans le champ de la délinquance sexuelle. Enfin, l’humanisme véhiculé par ces nouveaux modèles est valorisé dans une brève conclusion.

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