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CRM202 Corrections

Unit Information and Learning Guide Semester One 2020

This information should be read in conjunction with the online learning materials which can be found on your MyUnits page.

Unit coordinator Guy Hall Criminology 9360 6033 and [email protected]

© Published by Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, January 2020.

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Contents Unit information Information about the unit Contact details How to study this unit Resources for the unit Study schedule Assessment

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Learning guide Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Suicide and Self-Harm Offender Treatment Female Prisoners Community Corrections and Reintegration The Experience of Imprisonment Prison Design and Managing Prisons Punishment and its Justifications Aggravation and Mitigation WA Sentencing Act Sentence Administration Act Penal Populism Court Intervention Programs

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Information about the unit Welcome to: CRM202 Corrections

Unit description On successful completion of this unit students will be able to: 1. Apply the Sentencing Act (1993) WA, Sentence Administration Act (WA)2003 2.Critique the principles of punishment 3. Critique the critical issues in the corrections including prison design, managing prisoners, suicide and self-harm, treatment of offending behaviour and community corrections

Prerequisites CRM100 Introduction to Criminology

Learning outcomes for the unit On successfully completion of this unit students will be able to: 1. Apply the Sentencing Act (1993) WA and Sentence Administration Act (WA) 2003 2. Critique the principles of punishment 3. Critique the critical issues in corrections including prison design, managing prisoners, suicide and self-harm, treatment of offending behaviour and community corrections

Graduate attributes developed in the unit This unit will contribute to the development of the following Graduate Attributes. Communication Critical and creative thinking Social interaction Independent and lifelong learning Ethics Social justice Interdisciplinarity In-depth knowledge of a field of study

Prison Tour It is noted in the Handbook that where prison management contingencies allow there will be an opportunity to visit a prison. Unfortunately, we will no longer be able to do this because of there are around 200 prisoners (ooops I meant students) in the class. It is simply not logistically possible to be able to accommodate this number of students.

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Contact details Unit Coordinator’s contact details Your coordinator for this unit is Associate Professor Guy Hall. Guy trained as a clinical psychologist and practised as forensic psychologist while working in the Western Australian prison system for over 25 years. He is not currently registered. If at any point in his presentation Associate Professor Guy Hall makes an observation as a forensic psychologist he is referring to the experience and knowledge he gained during the time he was registered and practising. Associate Professor Guy Hall acknowledges that as he is not registered, at this time, a forensic psychologist. Guy started work in Fremantle Prison in 1976 and has worked in a range of positions in corrective services. He is the Academic Chair of Criminology and was a member of the WA Prisoners Review Board (sitting on the Life and Indeterminate Sentenced Prisoners Board) and the Mentally Impaired Accused Board. His main research interests are violent offending and its treatment, deaths in custody, penal law, restorative justice and sentencing. Due to operational reasons (Guy is having an operation early February) Erin Sweeny will be taking the 1st four lectures. Erin is a registered psychologist with the Psychologists Board of Australia, having completed a Masters of Psychology (Clinical) and Graduate Certificate in Forensic Psychology, both from Edith Cowan University. She is currently in private practice, but has over 20 years experience, predominantly in the assessment, delivery and management of offender behaviour programs. Her areas of expertise are in the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders. She has extensive experience in both individual and group treatment and has completed training in such tools as the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R), HCR-20 (V2 and V3), SARA, RSVP, VRS, Static-99/99R, Stable & Acute and others from the UK where she worked for 3 years. She has written numerous psychological pre-sentence reports, preparole, treatment completion and offender management reports. She has been a national trainer in suicide prevention (WA) and sex offender treatment (UK). She is a member and State President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL), which ensures she remains aware of current ethical practices and research in the field of forensic psychology. Name: Guy Hall Email: [email protected] Room: School of Law 2.023 Phone: 61 8 93606033 Administrative contact details Administrative contact is through the MyAdvice team at [email protected]

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How to study this unit You will note there is no text book for this unit. I have provided references for each of the topics being covered. You should read each relevant reference before the lecture because I will ask questions of students in class.

Contact time Contact time is 2 hours per week

Time commitment As this is a 3 credit point unit, we expect you to spend on average 10 hours per week for the total weeks of this teaching period (or 150 hours overall) working on this unit.

Attendance requirements There are no attendance requirements.

Small group and interactive teaching and learning activities As noted above, I actively encourage and expect student interaction. I do ask questions of students throughout the course. I might ask a question generally of the class and at times I point to specific individuals, so make sure you do the reading beforehand.

Time and place Wednesday, 1:30PM to 3:30 PM in ECL4

Resources for this unit As noted there is no textbook. Each topic has specific references which you need to read prior to the lecture. I will also provide additional references for some topics. Each topic will also include lecture slides and the unit will be recorded. An important point about the slides: they will be put onto the LMS site prior to the lecture BUT they slides will not be complete. You will need to add the missing bits during the lecture. I do this because it means you are actively involved as opposed to just sitting and listening.

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Study schedule Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Date 26/2 4/3 11/3 18/3 25/3 1/4 8/4 15/4 22/4

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Topic Suicide and self-harm Treatment Female prisoners Community Corrections and reintegration Non-teaching week Experience of Imprisonment Managing Prisons including design Non-teaching week Explanation of assignment Punishment and its justifications Aggravation and mitigation More on Assignment WA Sentencing Act Sentence administration act and parole Penal populism Court Intervention Programs Study break Exams Exams

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Assessment Assessment for this unit is conducted in accordance with the Assessment Policy.

Schedule of assessment items You will be assessed on the basis of: • an online quiz • an essay • a closed book examination The schedule of assessment is as follows Assessment item

Description

Aligned Learning Outcomes

Value

Due

Online quiz

Short Answer & multiplechoice questions

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50%

17th April

Assignment Examination

Critique of a sentence Closed book

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25% 25%

15th May Exam period

Assessment details Online Quiz Opens on 17th April 2020 at 5:00PM for 24 hours and thus closes 18th April at 5:00 PM. You will have 45 minutes to complete the quiz once you log on. This assessment is designed to test your knowledge of the first six topics/lectures, that is, • Suicide and self-harm • Treatment • Female Prisoners • Community Corrections and re-integration • Experience of Imprisonment • Managing prisons including design The assessment will be short answer and multiple choice questions based on the lectures and the relevant reading material in the learning guide.

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Essay Word Limit: 1,500 words. APA referencing. Due date: 15th May, 2020 Essay Critically analyse the sentencing remarks for George Pell. In this essay, you need to identify the aggravating and mitigating factors identified by the Sentencing Judge and any you may consider he has missed. You also need to explain why these factors are considered mitigation or aggravating by reference to the fundamental principles of sentencing. IMPORTANT NOTE: this is about sentencing, not conviction. You are not assessing the evidence or making comment about the conviction or appeals against the conviction. The original sentencing stands regardless of any outcome of appeal.

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Assignments must be submitted via the electronic Dropbox on the LMS site. Your assignment will automatically be submitted to URKUND (plagiarism checking software) when it is submitted to the electronic dropbox on the LMS site. Your assignment must be submitted in a word document format (i.e. .docx) Submit your assignment as a single document, including the electronic coversheet (coversheet does not count towards word‐count and is available at http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/AssignmentCoversheet). Name your assignment file using your surname and student number (i.e. Blogg39404853). Please also include your name and student number as a header on each page of your submission. It is the responsibility of students to keep a copy of all assignments handed in for Assessment.

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Marking criteria for essay The essay will be marked according to the following rubric. The marks are out of 100%. The essay is worth 25% of the unit mark.

Objective/criteria

Performance indicators

(Total 100%)

Less than 50%

Around 65%

Over 80%

Identifies and critiques the mitigating factors

Identifies the factors but with no justification.

Identifies most of the mitigating factors, justifies those factors using academic and judicial references.

Identifies all the mitigating factors, justifies those factors using academic and judicial references.

Identifies the factors but with no justification.

Identifies most of the aggravating factors, justifies those factors using academic and judicial references.

Identifies all the aggravating factors, justifies those factors using academic and judicial references..

No reference section OR over word limit OR poor expression

Incomplete reference section (missing information or incorrect format) OR poor expression

Complete reference section appropriately laid out, good expression

(40%)

Identifies and critiques the aggravating factors

(40%) Appropriately referenced, correct grammar, no spelling errors and within word limit (20%)

Examination The examination will be a closed exam of 2 hours. The exam will focus on the remaining topics. Remember to bring your identification to the exam.

Determination of the final grade The final grade is determined by the sum of the various components. See in the current Assessment Policy regarding grades.

Penalty for Late Submission The penalty for late submission is 10% per day with no marks after 7 days.

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Extensions Extensions can only be granted by the Unit Coordinator. All requests must be sent via email or personal interview and must clearly state the reason for the request. Requests for extensions will only be granted if made prior to a due date unless you can provide evidence that you were physically incapable of doing so. Extensions will usually only be granted in valid pressing medical or compassionate situations, where the student acts promptly to contact the Unit Coordinator. Work obligations, family celebrations such as weddings, moving house, computer/printer failures, car failures or other transportation difficulties, other study commitments, and similar matters are not valid reasons and thus are not accepted as grounds for an extension. It is up to the student to manage their study time efficiently and effectively so that the assignment is completed on a progressive basis over a number of weeks. As such, any valid request for an extension must be accompanied by the assignment completed up to the point of the request as well as supporting evidentiary documentation. There is little point in requesting an extension if you have made no progress with your assignment as this simply indicates lack of time management skills. For all extension requests, documentary evidence supporting the grounds for the extension request must be provided. For example, a student requesting an extension based on medical grounds (valid grounds), will need to produce a valid medical certificate. Students without medical certificates will receive zero marks. In cases where the student provides appropriate supporting documentation to the unit coordinator and an extension is granted, if the submission does not meet the extension deadline, it will receive a zero mark without further discussion.

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Learning Guide Introduction This Learning Guide contains information on how to study each topic, including: Introductory information Learning activities/tasks Resources required for the topic How the topic contributes to the unit’s learning outcomes

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Topic One: Suicide and Self-Harm Introduction This week we examine one of the high profile issues in prisons: suicide and self-harm. Many might say this issue culminated in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Others rightly argue that it was the Royal Commission which started us thinking about suicide and self-harm in prison and what we can do about it. This lecture covers the Royal Commission and the research and strategies that have been put into place to deal with suicide and self-harm.

What you need to do Look at the learning outcomes for this topic and research the answers to these outcomes. I have placed a book by Greg Dear in closed reserve to get you started on this.

Learning outcomes On successful completion of this topic you should be able to: 1. Identify the risk factors associated with suicide and self-harm and 2. Outline strategies designed to reduce the risk of suicide and self-harm in prisons.

Assessment This topic is assessed by the on-line quiz

Resources for this topic Marzano, L., Hawton, K., Rivlin, A., Smith, E.N., Piper, M., & Fazel, S. (2016). Prevention of Suicidal Behavior in Prisons. Crisis, 37(5), 323-33 Use google scholar to find articles on preventing suicide in prison

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Topic Two: Offender Treatment Introduction In 1974 Martinson published an article entitled “What works – questions and answers about prison reform. This is one of the most influential and widely cited article in criminology generally and the treatment of offending behaviour specifically. In a nut shell, Martinson claimed that “Nothing Works”. Since that time the field of offender rehabilitation has developed considerably and we now know that somethings do work meaning we have moved from Nothing Works to “What Works”. In this lecture we will examine the principles of effective intervention with offenders and the issues of treatment readiness and motivational interviewing.

What you need to do Read the article by Andrews and Bonta (2010) and Bonta and Andrews (2007) and research the answers to the first outcome. Read the article by Howells and Day (2003) and research the answers to the second outcome.

Learning outcomes On successful completion of this topic you should be able to: 1. Describe and explain the principles of effective intervention with offenders 2. Describe what is meant by treatment readiness, the therapeutic alliance, and the stages of change.

Assessment This topic is assessed by the on-line quiz

Resources for this topic Andrews, D.A. & Bonta, J (2010). Rehabilitating criminal justice policy and practice. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 16 (1), 39-35 . The article by Bonta and Andrews at http://www.courtinnovation.org/sites/default/files/documents/RNRModelForOffenderAssessm entAndRehabilitation.pdf is also an excellent summary of RNR

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Topic Three: Female Prisoners Introduction Most research and policy development in criminology focuses of male offending because males commit substantially more crime than females. Around 90% of prisoners are males, although it is noted that the number of females being imprisoned is increasing it comes of a low base. In considering female crime and prisoners, policy has largely been a simple extension of what we know about male offenders and prisoners. This assumption has been substantially challenged in recent years and we now know that female paths to offending are different to males and we know that the needs of female prisoners are different from those of male prisoners.

What you need to do Read the article by Salisbury and Van Voorhis (2009) and research the answers to the first outcome. Read the article by Wright, Van Voorhis, Salisbury and Bauman (2012) and research the answers to the second outcome.

Learning outcomes On successful completion of this topic you should be able to: 1. Describe and explain the pathways for female offending 2. Describe and explain how prisons can be more gender responsive for women in prison

Assessment This topic is assessed by the on-line quiz

Resources for this topic Wright, E.M., Van Voorhis, P., Salisbury, E.J. & Bauman, A. (2012). Gender-responsive lessons learned and policy implications for women in prison. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39 (12), 1612-1632.

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Topic Four: Community Corrections and Prisoner Re-Integration Introduction Okay so you have been to prison and your sentence is finished. What now? Or maybe you did not get a prison sentence but a community sentence. This last lecture looks at various strategies that have been developed for managing offenders in the community and the strategies to aid in the reintegration of prisoners.

What you need to do Research this topic and research the answers to the first outcome.

Learning outcomes 1. Evaluate and apply the research on the integration needs of prisoners who are released from prison

Assessment This topic is assessed by the on-line quiz

Resources for this topic There are many resources on this topic with key words such as parole, probation, community corrections and prisoner re-integration. I like this article because it is wide rangi...