Impacting attitudes towards gambling: A prison gambling awareness and prevention program

Nixon, Gary; Leigh, G. J.; Nowatzki, Nadine R.

doi:10.4309/jgi.2006.17.14

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“…Indeed, ample opportunities to gamble exist within the prison environment for those who seek it . In addition, a number of researchers argued that prison authorities do little to prevent this activity or introduce prevention programs. Given the high prevalence of gambling among incarcerated offenders and the lack of prevention programs or punitive measures in prisons, our results might represent the fact that offenders’ financial risk taking does not change during the time spent in prison.…”

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Offenders’ Risk‐Taking Attitude Inside and Outside the Prison Walls

2014

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It has long been assumed that risk taking is closely associated with criminal behavior. One reason for placing criminals behind bars--aside from punishment and protecting the public--is to prevent them from engaging in further risky criminal activities. Limited attention has been paid to whether being inside or outside prison affects offenders' risk-taking behaviors and attitudes. We compared risk-taking behaviors and attitudes in five risk domains (ethical, financial, health/safety, recreational, social) among 75 incarcerated offenders (i.e., offenders who are currently in prison) and 45 ex-offenders (i.e., offenders who have just been released from prison). Ex-offenders reported higher likelihood of engaging in risky behavior, driven largely by a willingness to take more risks in the recreational and ethical domains. Benefits attributed to risk taking as well as risk perception did not differ between incarcerated and ex-offenders, indicating that the opportunity to take risks might underlie behavioral risk intentions. Our results also indicate that risk-taking activities are better predicted by the expected benefits rather than by risk perception, aside from the health/safety domain. These results highlight the importance of studying the person and the environment and examining risk taking in a number of content domains.

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“…There is also evidence that feeling in control over the outcomes of gambling is positively associated with gambling attitudes (Taormina, 2009). Evidence in support of the view that gambling-related knowledge and beliefs are related to gamblingattitudeswas observed in an intervention study among prison inmates: Those who took part in ap rogramme that informed about problem gambling, possiblen egativec onsequences and common misperceptions showed afterwards improved recognition of cognitive errors related to gambling and held less positive attitudes toward gambling (Nixon, Leigh, &N owatzki, 2006). Asimilar intervention was effective in producing lesspositive attitudes toward the economicprofitability of gambling in asample of high school students (Donati, Primi, & Chiesi, 2013).…”

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Attitudes toward gambling among adolescents

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Delfabbro

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International Gambling Studies

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“…In our research, we uncovered four treatment programs that have been conducted in a correctional facility: (1) the Gambling Awareness and Prevention Project in Alberta (Nixon et al, 2006), (2) the GEAR program at the Coffee Creek correctional facility in Oregon, (3) a program teaching inmates how to break out of the gambling lifestyle (Walters, 2005), and (4) a program run by CM at the Frontenac correctional facility in Ontario called the OPTIONS program. Case studies for each are presented below.…”

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Addressing the Issue of Problem Gambling in the Criminal Justice System: A Series of Case Studies

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McAvoy²,

Ferentzy³

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The prevalence rates of problem gambling in the adult correctional population are 5 to 10 times higher than those found in the general population. Yet little has been published about dealing with problem gamblers in correctional settings. We conducted a literature review and interviewed 16 key informants who provide services to clients experiencing problem gambling and/or who have worked in the criminal justice system. Our objective was to gain greater understanding of programming for problem gambling for clients who are involved in the criminal justice system, with a particular focus on Ontario. The published literature on this topic is remarkably sparse. In fact, only two peer-reviewed published studies were identified that formally evaluated a treatment program for problem gambling for clients in these settings. However, we uncovered a small number of programs (10) that had been developed for, and delivered to, this population, including a gambling treatment court in Buffalo, Gamblers Anonymous, outpatient treatment during probation or parole, brief psychoeducational programs, brief therapy, a full intense treatment program, and inpatient treatment after release. We present a series of short case studies of these programs. Although some programs have been delivered within correctional institutions, others have been offered either after release or prior to sentencing. A major issue is the lack of awareness of problem gambling in the criminal justice system among judges, lawyers, wardens, corrections workers, and parole officers. The results are discussed in terms of issues and opportunities for programming for problem gamblers in the criminal justice system. Résumé Chez la population carcérale adulte, les taux de prévalence du jeu compulsif sont de cinq à dix fois plus élevés que dans l'ensemble de la population. Pourtant, peu de choses ont été publiées sur les joueurs pathologiques en milieu correctionnel. Nous avons effectué une revue de la littérature et avons interviewé 16 informateurs clés qui fournissent des services aux clients ayant un problème de jeu ou qui ont travaillé dans le système de justice pénale. Notre objectif consistait à mieux comprendre les programmes pour traiter le jeu compulsif destinés aux clients qui ont eu des démêlés avec la justice, avec un intérêt particulier pour l'Ontario. Étonnamment, il existe très peu de publications sur ce sujet. En effet, nous n'avons trouvé que deux comptes rendus d'étude publiés et validés par un comité de lecture qui ont évalué en bonne et due forme un programme de traitement pour le jeu pathologique destiné aux clients de ce milieu. Toutefois, nous avons découvert un petit nombre de programmes (10) qui ont été élaborés à l'intention de cette population, et qui lui ont été offerts, notamment un programme judiciaire de traitement du jeu pathologique à Buffalo, le groupe d'aide Joueurs Anonymes, un traitement ambulatoire durant la probation ou la libération conditionnelle, des programmes psychopédagogiques de courte durée, une thérapie brève, un p...

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Impacting attitudes towards gambling: A prison gambling awareness and prevention program

Cited by 22 publications

References 19 publications

Offenders’ Risk‐Taking Attitude Inside and Outside the Prison Walls

Offenders’ Risk‐Taking Attitude Inside and Outside the Prison Walls

Attitudes toward gambling among adolescents

Addressing the Issue of Problem Gambling in the Criminal Justice System: A Series of Case Studies

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