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Why corrections? Motivations for becoming a Canadian provincial or territorial correctional officer
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 274-286, December 2017. Purpose The growing prison population and challenges related to recruiting and retaining suitable correctional officers (COs) in Canada provided the impetus for the current study. Recruitment efforts in provinces and territories often rely on a variety of diverse testing, ranging from physical fitness to in-person interviews. However, despite such efforts, turn-over rates remain high and insight into what motivates people to seek a career in correctional work continues to require elucidation. By investigating the career...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - November 23, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Deferring felony prosecution: a process evaluation of an innovative Cook County State ’s Attorney’s Office program
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 261-273, December 2017. Purpose The Cook County State Attorneys ’ Deferred Prosecution Program (DPP) is a pre-trial diversionary program that accepts first-time, non-violent defendants charged with a felony crime. The purpose of this paper is to document the development, implementation, and program patterns of the DPP to better understand the program’s scope and reach in diverting defendants from traditional criminal prosecution. Design/methodology/approach The approach to evaluating Cook County’s DPP is primarily qualitative. Through i...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - November 23, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Identifying potential offenders on the basis of police records: development and validation of the ProKid risk assessment tool
This study confirms the value of official police records for assessing the risk of future offending for preventive purposes. Originality/value The present study de monstrates the validity of a risk assessment tool based on Dutch police records for both non-offenders and offenders. (Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice)
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - November 23, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

The belief in redeemability – version 2 (BiR-2) scale and its relation to desistance
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 300-312, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between the belief in redeemability – Version 2 (BIR-2) Scale and desistance from crime. It also seeks to explore how patterns of responding on the BIR-2 with offenders compare to previous patterns of responding in the general public. Design/methodology/approach The authors report the results of a study of offenders using the beli ef in redeemability – Version 2 (BiR-2) scale. In total, 180 offenders under the supervision of the Community Corrections Ser...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - November 23, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

US public views toward biosocial risk factors for criminality: a brief report
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 294-299, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present preliminary survey data measuring attitudes of members of the US public on the importance, existence, and potential legal use of biological risk factors for criminality. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from an online sample of US public in conjunction with an experiment not included in this report. Findings Data suggest that the public generally agrees that there are certain biological characteristics that make one more likely to exhibit criminalit...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - November 23, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Compassion focussed working in secure forensic care
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 287-293, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe practices associated with compassion focussed therapy (CFT) in a secure forensic setting for men with a learning disability and personality disorder. The values of this model for both therapeutic work and the organisation of residential practices in a secure setting are considered. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a conceptual discussion of the use of CFT with an offender population. Findings The paper describes the use of CFT as a framework for working wi...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - November 23, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Introduction to the special issue of the Journal of Criminological Research, Policy, and Practice: terrorism and political violence
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 153-157, September 2017. (Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice)
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - September 12, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

The future of the draft UN Convention on international terrorism
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 233-247, September 2017. Purpose The paper is meant to analyse the debate over the revival of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that a United Nations (UN) Convention on international terrorism is still necessary – provided that it is updated considering the new challenges that have recently emerged – and could be complemented by an annex containing the list of terrorist organisations, the determination of which is of common concern of the entire international community. Desi...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - September 12, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Splitting to survive: understanding terrorist group fragmentation
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 222-232, September 2017. Purpose From Al-Qaeda to the IRA, almost all terrorist organisations have experienced splits in some shape or form. This can spell the dawn of violent spoiler groups, but it may equally play a significant role in the overall politicisation of a group. The purpose of this paper is to provide a greater understanding of these splits by assessing the issue from a political organisational perspective. Design/methodology/approach The author proposes that by addressing splits through the lens of organisational survival, we m...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - September 12, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

The study of terrorist leadership: where do we go from here?
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 208-221, September 2017. Purpose Despite the recognition of the importance of leaders for the formation and ongoing success of social and political movements, the study of leadership in terrorist groups remains underdeveloped. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to stimulate additional research into terrorist leadership in three main ways: by providing a broad overview of the theoretical perspectives that scholars have used to examine terrorist leadership, by critically reviewing the current state of the academic literature on terrorist l...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - September 12, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Understanding modern terror and insurgency through the lens of street gangs: ISIS as a case study
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 192-207, September 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use nearly a century ’s worth of gang research to inform us about modern terrorist groups, specifically the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Design/methodology/approach A case study approach is employed, comparing and contrasting the competing theoretical frameworks of gangs and terrorist organisations to und erstand group structure, demographics, patterns of behaviour (e.g. territoriality, strategic, and instrumental violence), goals, and membership patterns of ISIS. ...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - September 12, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Preventing successful assassination attacks by terrorists: an environmental criminology approach
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice,Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 173-191, September 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use an environmental criminology and situational crime prevention (SCP) framework to study global assassinations carried out by terrorists. The authors set forth a series of hypotheses to explain successful and unsuccessful assassination incidents. Design/methodology/approach The authors use assassination data from the Global Terrorism Database from 1970 to 2014 to estimate a series binary logistic regression models. Findings Results indicate that various situational factors co...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - September 12, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research