PSY 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Parole Board Of Canada, Dysfunctional Family, Maladaptation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 300
• Professor: William Huggon

Document Summary

Supervised release into the community after serving a set amount of your sentence in custody. After an offender serves the first 1/3 of their sentence. : protection of society: both long and short term. In short term, looks at undue risk to society if the offender is released. In longer term, considers if parole would help the offender return to the community as a law-abiding citizen. Parole decision considerations: protection of society, all available information considered, must take the, offenders must be given access to information regarding the decision. Looking at risk: policies slightly different dependant on type of offender: Category 1: offenders who have committed serious offences, usually involving violence. Category 2: offenders who have committed other offences. First: details of the offence, criminal history social problems, mental status, performance on earlier releases relationships and employment. Second: probability of an offender to re-offend. Identify persons likely to commit violence and develop interventions to reduce risk.