Measuring motivation to change in offenders

McMurran, Mary; Tyler, P. A.; Hogue, Todd; Cooper, Katie; Dunseath, William; McDaid, Darren

doi:10.1080/10683169808401746

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“…slicing a single, continuous underlying variable into pseudostages; Bandura, 1997;Pierce, Farkas, & Gilpin, 1998;Weinstein et al, 1998). This last criticism calls the utility of the theory into question; for example, self-efficacy showed a generally linear relationship with the stages of change in an offender sample, suggesting self-efficacy may be a better target for assessment and intervention rather than the variables that define contemplation, action and maintenance (McMurran et al, 1998).…”

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Examining the process of offender change: the transition to crime desistance

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Lloyd

2009

Psychology, Crime & Law

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Prior research focusing on crime acquisition and crime desistance has advanced the theoretical understanding of the psychology of crime and overcome many of the practical challenges of crime management. This paper, however, aims to encourage more detailed examination of the process through which offenders transition from crime to desistance. Desistance occurs when external and internal variables align in such a way that an offender with a history of multiple offences ceases all criminal activity. It is argued that systematic examination of behaviour change among offenders will complement current approaches to offender rehabilitation, risk assessment and community supervision. Previous research on crime acquisition, crime desistance and behaviour change are briefly reviewed. In addition, the theoretical assumptions of leading models of rehabilitation are examined. Finally, strategies to further integrate various research findings are discussed and several broad research hypotheses are offered.

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Examining the process of offender change: the transition to crime desistance

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Lloyd

2009

Psychology, Crime & Law

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“…Recently, the validity of the stage model of change on which this is based has been challenged, both generally and specifically in relation to changing offending behaviour (McMurran et al, 1998Casey et al, 2005). More recently, motivation for treatment and behaviour change has been studied as a component of 'readiness to change', which examines treatment engagement in light of a range of external factors, as well as internal states.…”

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Personal aspirations and concerns inventory for offenders: Developments in the measurement of offenders' motivation

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McMurran

2010

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…Similarly, in offender populations, perceived self-efficacy is correlated with greater motivation to change (McMurran et al, 1998) and is related to reduced recidivism (Benda, 2001(Benda, , 2005Maruna, 2001). However, it remains unclear whether agentic offenders are more likely to desist or if desistance increases offenders' sense of agency.…”

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Agency and outcome expectancies for crime desistance: measuring offenders' personal beliefs about change†

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Serin

2012

Psychology, Crime & Law

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While the majority of offenders eventually desist from crime, the internal psychological mechanisms hypothesized to drive the process of desistance and offender change have not been systematically measured. This study developed scales for assessing intention to change, or offenders' beliefs regarding their perceived ability to stay crime-free (agency) and expected outcomes for crime and desistance (expectancies). Incarcerated offenders (N 0142) endorsed these beliefs in a way that is consistent with theories of offender change. The structure of beliefs suggests offenders with positive expectancies for desistance and negative expectancies for crime also endorse a higher sense of personal agency to desist. Outcome expectancies for desistance were unrelated to static risk variables, suggesting these measures may be complementary to risk assessment. Overall, the scales developed for this research showed high internal consistency and evidence for concurrent and construct validity. Refining the measurement methods and assessing recidivism outcome post-release should further advance this avenue of research.

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Measuring motivation to change in offenders

Cited by 38 publications

References 9 publications

Examining the process of offender change: the transition to crime desistance

Examining the process of offender change: the transition to crime desistance

Personal aspirations and concerns inventory for offenders: Developments in the measurement of offenders' motivation

Agency and outcome expectancies for crime desistance: measuring offenders' personal beliefs about change†

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