Mapham (march 13)

What is the primary focus of the benchmark Risk Need Responsivity (RNR) model in offender rehabilitation?

It focuses on reducing and managing risk to the community and studying the processes of relapse or reoffending. Critics argue it neglects individual agency, personal strengths, and the internal conditions that promote well-being.

Define the Good Lives Model (GLM) as an alternative to the RNR model.

A strengths-based approach based on self-determination theory. It assumes offenders are seeking "primary human goods" (like relationships, mastery, and purpose) and aims to help them achieve these through prosocial rather than antisocial means.

What is Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) in the context of this study?

Positive psychological change experienced as a result of struggling with highly challenging life circumstances. The study suggests that rehabilitation programs encouraging PTG may be more effective in facilitating desistance (stopping criminal behavior).

How is "Agency" defined according to Maruna (2001) as cited in the paper?

An offender's sense of control over their life, comprised of four elements: self-mastery, status/recognition, achievement/responsibility, and empowerment.