A Psychosocial Approach to Recidivism

Buikhuisen, Wouter; Meijs, B. W. G. P.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-6672-7_7

Prospective Studies of Crime and Delinquency 1983

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6672-7_7

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A Psychosocial Approach to Recidivism

Wouter Buikhuisen¹,

B. W. G. P. Meijs²

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“…The full scope of their entrapment in this revolving door is not generally realized because, to the extent that any follow-up is ever done at all, only one system or the other is usually studied (though see Koenisberg, Balla, & Lewis, 1977). Longitudinal studies of mental health (Rabkin, 1979) and criminal justice systems (Buikhuisen & Meijs, 1983) are alike in underestimating actual numbers of contacts with hospitals and courts during follow-up periods. In one study of ours we found that some two-thirds of a cohort of 600 prisoners remanded consecutively for brief psychiatric assessment had subsequently had at least one further recorded contact during a two-year period with criminal justice authority, the mental health system, or both (Sepejak, Menzies, Webster, & Jensen, 1983).…”

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Psychoeducational assessment programmes for forensic psychiatric patients.

Webster¹,

Jenson²,

Stermac³

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Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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In the light of recent epidemiological research of mentally disordered offenders that reveals that the rates of relapse and recidivism for this population have previously been underestimated, two programmes are described that were initiated at the Metropolitan Toronto Forensic Service. The programmes attempt to interrupt the "revolving door" phenomenon between the criminal justice and the mental health systems. The first programme offers patients information about both the legal and psychiatric systems that may be relevant to their immediate situations as well as for the future. The second programme, a cognitive behavioural intervention for anger control, offers patients exposure to a short-term treatment. The programmes are not only educational interventions, but serve as assessments of individual needs and suitability for treatment. The mutually beneficial aspects of these approaches for both patients and staff are discussed.

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Psychoeducational assessment programmes for forensic psychiatric patients.

Webster¹,

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Stermac³

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Prisonization and Recidivism: A Psychological Perspective

Hofer¹

1988

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Both prisonization and recidivism have been studied as if they were effects of external, generally social, influences acting on the offender. It is unlikely that satisfyingly comprehensive explanations for these phenomena can be achieved without considering internal motivational states of the antisocial personalities involved. Based on observations made in psychotherapy, this article presents unconscious motivations common to chronic offenders. Specifically, the article describes a primary psychological defense of antisocial personalities which "splits" perception of social reality into two components, one affectionate and one aggressive. Penitentiary operations inadvertently validate this pathological perspective. The article suggests that the uniquely supportive matching of the penitentiary environment with pathological aspects of the antisocial personality provides an unconscious, characterological appeal to many inmates, promoting expression of rebellious "prisonized" attitudes and increasing the chance of recidivism.

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A Psychosocial Approach to Recidivism

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