1. 1 A Century of Rehabilitation Reviewing the Past Foreseeing the Future Pat Carlen UK (University of Kent)

2. 2 Rehabilitation *the return *of a lawbreaker *or ex-prisoner to *civil society *with an enhanced capacity to lead a law-abiding life in future

3. 3 Sentencing Justice Model > Justice through punishment Welfare Model > Crime Reduction through Rehabilitation

4. 4 Strategy Dimensions of Rehabilitation Recurring Questions Dystopias and Utopias

5. 5 Dimensions of Rehabilitation DimensionRehabilitative AimExamplesAssumptions Formal/LegalReduce stigma of criminal conviction UK Rehabilitation of Offenders’ Acts Equality before law: lawbreakers/errant citizens Psychological Psychiatrical Psycho- analytical Change lawbreakers’ attitudes, habits, cognitions Behaviour modification Therapy Re-education Programming Crime result of faulty organism, damaged psyche or faulty cognitions Social WelfareIncrease social provision for ex-prisoners Specialist housing, education Crime result of adverse social circumstances e.g. poverty, homelessness Psycho-SocialIncrease access to social provision for ex- prisoners Probation. Group therapy Lawbreaker cannot see a lawful solution to adverse social circumstances Community Corrections: ‘Popular Justice’ and ‘therapy for citizenship models Repair breach between lawbreaker and Community. Strengthen Citizenship/Community Ties. Restorative Justice Drug courts Day Centres Education Re-Education Parenting Classes Desistance from crime and increase in inclusionary ties result more from strength of personal relationships than from exclusionary sanctions

6. 6 RECURRING THEMES WHO is to be Rehabilitated? Relationships between Social Justice and Criminal Justice? Rehabilitation and Reparation?

7. 7 Rehabilitation: A Dystopian Future Increase in Exclusionary Rehabilitation via Imprisonment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rehabilitation of offender as worker rather than as citizen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rehabilitation focused on lower income criminals. Exclusion of higher income and corporate criminals from both rehabilitative and reparative sanctions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Governments incorporate progressive language into retrogressive policies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Governments ignore the rule of law ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Governments fail to respond to crime within human rights framework

8. 8 Rehabilitation: A Utopian Future Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Therapy for Citizenship ---------------------------------- State-Obligated Rehabilitation and the Renegotiation and Regeneration of Citizenship

9. 9 Therapy for Citizenship Examples Restorative Justice Drug Courts Re-Entry Courts/Ceremonies One to One support Friendship Circles Support & therapy for specific types of offenders

10. 10 Renegotiation and Regeneration of Citizenship State-obligated Rehabilitation and the Reconciliation between state, community and offender State and Offender required to recognise mutual obligations to Community Rehabilitation for corporate and higher income criminals dependent upon reparations being made to state and community

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