Good Lives sexual offender treatment for mentally disordered offenders

Abstract

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How to Integrate the Good Lives Model Into Treatment Programs for Sexual Offending

“…In this way, client autonomy is recognized through a collaborative approach to assessment. Clients with compromised intellectual functioning and/or a more complex and indirect GLM pathway to 15 offending might require additional support to develop an understanding of the links between their offending and the GLM (see Gannon et al, 2011).…”

“…The GLM is complementary to the Risk, Need, Responsivity model (RNR; Andrews & Bonta, 2006;Bonta & Andrews, 2010), and preliminary empirical research suggests that the GLM can enhance RNR-based approaches, especially in terms of improving client engagement in treatment (e.g., Gannon, King, Miles, Lockerbie, & Willis, 2011;Simons, McCullar, & Tyler, 2006). In brief, the GLM can accommodate the major RNR principles within a broader strength-based framework (see Ward, Yates, & Willis, 2012).…”

Forensic psychologists should use the behavioral experiment to facilitate cognitive change in clients who have offended

“…Various role-play techniques may be adopted by therapists according to the nature of the client group or individual in question. A common approach for instigating cognitive change revolves around requesting the client to write a hypothetical letter to their victim (Beckett, 1994;Gannon et al, 2011) or switch between playing themselves and their victim in a dual person role play (Mann et al, 2002;Stinson & Becker, 2013;Webster, Bowers, Mann, & Marshall, 2002). It can also be helpful to ask offending clients to act as 'self' and 'other' in new hypothetical interactions in order to aid them to understand how their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors may be experienced by others.…”

Reorienting Locus of Control in Individuals Who Have Offended Through Strengths-Based Interventions: Personal Agency and the Good Lives Model

“…In another example, Gannon et al (2011) reported preliminary findings from an evaluation of a Good Lives Sexual Offending Treatment Group (SOTG) in the United Kingdom, designed for males experiencing mental health difficulties. Using case study descriptions (n = 5), Gannon et al (2011) report that, despite their differential and complex needs, participants made progress during the program on some key indicators, including developing a more internalized locus of control.…”

“…In another example, Gannon et al (2011) reported preliminary findings from an evaluation of a Good Lives Sexual Offending Treatment Group (SOTG) in the United Kingdom, designed for males experiencing mental health difficulties. Using case study descriptions (n = 5), Gannon et al (2011) report that, despite their differential and complex needs, participants made progress during the program on some key indicators, including developing a more internalized locus of control. Although all individuals had locus of control scores within the normal range pre treatment, in four out of the five case descriptions, issues related to autonomy were associated with their offending, and in one case description, the individual clearly identified an external locus of control, describing himself as having "little control" over his index offense (p. 163).…”