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Offender management and rehabilitation

How do an Individual’s Criminogenic Needs change throughout their time with the Criminal Justice System?

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Introduction

Over the span of three months in the year 2020, the Ministry of Justice found that adults released from prison had a proven reoffending rate of 39% (Ministry of Justice, 2020) with this figure expected to rise. This number is alarmingly high, and it is important to address this number at the root to explore how to lower it. Criminogenic needs are dynamic risks that influence one’s criminal behaviour, and are considered to be the root of offending as they dictate someone’s decision making on whether or not to offend, or re-offend, to address these needs. Firstly we will explore what criminogenic needs are and the leading theories of these, we will then nod to biological underpinnings of criminogenic needs before looking into how they change, what can influence them, and their role in desistance from both criminogenic needs and offending.

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