{"title":"Negotiating Truths to \"Pass Through the Hoop\": How Men's Trajectories Shape Their Stories in Batterer Intervention Programmes.","authors":"Martín Hernán Di Marco, Adrián Jiménez-Ribera","doi":"10.1177/0306624X261450189","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X261450189","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Narrative criminology has highlighted the role of storytelling in criminal behaviour and processes of change. In studies of intimate partner violence desistance, micro-social scholarship shows that therapeutic success often depends on negotiations between offenders' narratives and institutional narratives. Yet this literature has paid limited attention to the material and institutional conditions shaping such negotiations. Drawing on repeated life story interviews conducted with 41 men attending batterer intervention programmes in Argentina and Uruguay, this study compares participants' institutional trajectories and evolving narratives of change. Through the analysis of three cases, we show that men's accounts of desistance are shaped by their familiarity with institutional logics (such as programme expectations, timelines, and evaluative practices) as well as by their access to material resources that support change. We argue that the capacity to adapt and stabilise narratives of change is unevenly distributed and rooted in prior life trajectories and social resources, generating unequal possibilities of \"successful\" desistance (of <i>passing through the hoop</i>) across social backgrounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"306624X261450189"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147875588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role and Relevance of the Working Alliance in Forensic Treatment: A Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Grant Forrest, Mark E Olver, Keira C Stockdale","doi":"10.1177/0306624X261448931","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X261448931","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The working alliance has been extensively studied and consistently linked to improved treatment outcomes; however, existing reviews have almost exclusively focused on non-forensic samples, which differ significantly in client characteristics, treatment goals, and settings. Therefore, prior reviews may not generalize to forensic contexts. Seeking to fill this gap in the literature, a meta-analysis of the working alliance in forensic treatment contexts was conducted and its relationship to risk-relevant treatment outcomes was examined featuring <i>k</i> = 21 unique studies. All three treatment outcomes examined-treatment dropout (<i>d</i> = 0.390), institutional misconduct (<i>d</i> = 0.374), and community recidivism (<i>d</i> = 0.196)-were significantly and negatively associated with the working alliance. These findings demonstrate the working alliance as a meaningful predictor of treatment outcomes in forensic contexts. Implications for research and practice are discussed to promote more favorable treatment outcomes for forensic clients.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"306624X261448931"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147870037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Furor Et Vindicta: Joint Revenge Fantasizing and Impossible Harm in the Narrative Criminology of Balkan Route Migrants.","authors":"Fabio I M Poppi","doi":"10.1177/0306624X261450949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X261450949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines how migrants who traveled the Balkan Route use joint revenge fantasizing to make sense of border violence and reassign criminality to state actors. Based on minimally structured group conversations recorded in Trieste, Italy, it analyzes joint fantasizing as a collective narrative practice rather than an incidental expression of shared frustration. It identifies three mechanism families-symbolic reversal of hierarchies, collective moral tribunal, and contained transgressive catharsis-that show how imagined counter-violence may function as \"impossible harm\": morally saturated yet structurally blocked from enactment. Revenge fantasies among structurally marginalized groups are conceptualized as harm-related storytelling that exposes and contests state and border violence. Joint revenge fantasizing emerges as a mode of impossible harm through which migrants symbolically reassign criminality to state actors while keeping counter-violence in the imaginative realm. In this way, the article extends narrative criminology beyond its offender-centered, event-focused inheritance by foregrounding imagination, interaction, and lived narrative practices in contexts of border violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"306624X261450949"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuela Jarrett, Andrew Forrester, Colin Campbell, Mizanur Khondoker, George Vamvakas
{"title":"The Offender Personality Disorder Pathway for Men: Staff Perceptions About Possible Impact on Re-offending in High-Risk Individuals with Personality Disorder.","authors":"Manuela Jarrett, Andrew Forrester, Colin Campbell, Mizanur Khondoker, George Vamvakas","doi":"10.1177/0306624X261449811","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X261449811","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Offender Personality Disorder Pathway was introduced in England and Wales in 2012 to manage high risk offenders with personality disorder. One of the key outcomes of the Pathway is to reduce re-offending. A national mixed methods evaluation was undertaken, and this paper presents findings from the qualitative interviews focussing on staff's perceptions of the Pathway's ability to impact on re-offending in this population. Interviews were carried out with 38 staff and analysed using a framework analysis. Staff reported that the Pathway: improved their understanding of individuals and what drives their offending; developed their confidence to manage this population; and enhanced inter-agency communication. They were less convinced of any direct impact on re-offending. Early indicators of the Pathway show it has value in improving engagement, risk management, staff skills, and inter-agency working. Whether this is enough to reduce re-offending will take time to establish.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"306624X261449811"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Reality Therapy-Based Group Intervention for Probationers With Substance Use: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.","authors":"Özge Gamsız Tunç","doi":"10.1177/0306624X261447520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X261447520","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This pilot study, conducted in Eskişehir, Türkiye, aimed to explore patterns of change in psychological need satisfaction, locus of control, and levels of responsibility among individuals under probation for substance use through a Reality Therapy-based group intervention (RTBGI). Guided by an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, the quantitative phase employed a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design (treatment group <i>n</i> = 17; comparison group <i>n</i> = 8), followed by semi-structured interviews in the qualitative phase. The treatment group received a 10-session RTBGI, while the comparison group continued with the routine psychoeducation program implemented in probation settings (SAMBA). Quantitative data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and the Mann‒Whitney U test, supplemented by Bayesian rank-based analyses. The findings suggest that pretest-posttest changes were observed in the treatment group in the power and fun subdimensions of psychological needs and in the total responsibility score; however, between-group differences in change scores were not clearly supported. A moderate effect size was observed for the between-group difference in the fun subdimension; however, Bayes factors generally indicated weak evidence. Qualitative findings reflected participants' experiences of the intervention process, particularly in relation to the exploration of psychological needs, locus of control, responsibility, and perceived distancing from substance use. Overall, this study provides preliminary and exploratory evidence of patterns of change in psychological need satisfaction, locus of control, and responsibility levels associated with RTBGI.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"306624X261447520"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validation of the Good Lives Assessment of Domains in an Adult U.S. Sample.","authors":"Jeremy Olson, Dennis Giever, Rebecca S Sarver","doi":"10.1177/0306624X241240711","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X241240711","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article offers initial validation of the Good Lives Assessment of Domains (GLAD). Data were collected from an electronic survey of 1,484 American adults. Participants were recruited via paid research panels using quotas set to match the U.S. population on Age, Race/Ethnicity, Sex/Gender, Education, and Household Income. Participants responded to a set of items including 48 original items to assess perceptions of life satisfaction in the 11 domains described in the GLM and the 5 Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) items. Factor Analysis indicated 45 final items that loaded onto 9 unique factors, with all loadings ranging between 0.391 and 0.854 with acceptable model fit (RMR = 0.070, CFI = 0.866, RMSEA = 0.063). Cronbach's Alphas demonstrated acceptable reliability, with items achieving alpha scores greater than .7 in all individual domains and for overall GLAD scores. The correlation between GLAD and SWLS scores was .610 (<i>p</i> < .001). An Independent samples <i>T</i>-test found a significant mean difference (<i>t</i> = 4.360, <i>p</i> < .001, mean difference = 8.15737) in GLAD scores between respondents who reported no engagement in crime and deviance and those who reported engagement in crime and deviance.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"648-674"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13002933/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140307407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isobel Meredith, Joseph L Davies, Daniel Stubbings, Libby Payne
{"title":"Unsuspectingly Vulnerable: A Rapid Evidence Assessment on the vulnerability of University Students to Criminal Exploitation.","authors":"Isobel Meredith, Joseph L Davies, Daniel Stubbings, Libby Payne","doi":"10.1177/0306624X251329944","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X251329944","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Criminal exploitation is the deliberate coercion of another person into criminal activity for the perpetrator's advantage. Under the Modern Slavery Act, the umbrella term of criminal exploitation encompasses the County Lines model of drug distribution which can also include perpetrators forcing victims to commit theft, money laundering or to hold weapons. There is limited understanding of how criminal exploitation affects university students. This research therefore aimed to identify the tactics used by Organized Crime Groups to target them, and factors that are shown to increase their vulnerability to exploitation. Five published studies were included in our review which outline a number of tactics and risk factors for criminal exploitation in university students. Our review highlights the scarcity of literature pertaining to prevalence of criminal exploitation in university students and the need for further empirical research.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"722-741"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13002965/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143711631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do the Redundant and Locally Dependent Items of the LS/CMI Contribute in Any Meaningful Way to Its Reliability and Its Potential to Predict Criminal Recidivism?","authors":"Guy Giguère, Christian Bourassa","doi":"10.1177/0306624X231212815","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X231212815","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article studies the effects of local dependence within the items of the first section of the LS/CMI on its reliability. Analysis were done to identify the dependent items namely through their correlations before and after Rasch modeling. Seven items were thus discarded, deemed dependent and redundant, and Cronbach's alpha was calculated with all 43 items and then with the 36 items deemed independent. Test information and predictive validity were also compared. Removing the seven redundant items did not seem to have major effects on the reliability of the LS/CMI or the psychometric information it provided, and no tangible effects were observed on its predictive validity. The reliability of an instrument should be assessed with items that contribute each in its own way. However, it is hazardous to report the reliability of an instrument known to be multidimensional with means meant to be used with unidimensional instruments.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"611-629"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13002946/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138470982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tina L Freiburger, Rebecca H Konkel, Joseph Kaberlein
{"title":"The Impact of Participation in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Technical Education Certificate Programs on Rates of Recidivism.","authors":"Tina L Freiburger, Rebecca H Konkel, Joseph Kaberlein","doi":"10.1177/0306624X251327426","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X251327426","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the impact of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Technical Education Certificate Programs on recidivism rates among formerly incarcerated individuals. CNC is a vocational training program that focuses on machine operation, programming, maintenance, and quality control processes for CNC equipment, preparing participants for skilled employment utilizing computer software to make high precision parts for manufactures. Employing mixed-methods, this study utilizes data from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and data from surveys and focus groups with program participants. For the quantitative analyses, CNC participants rates of experiencing a subsequent charge, conviction, term of incarceration, and time until new charge were compared to a comparison group constructed through propensity score matching. While the quantitative analysis revealed no significant differences in recidivism between the groups, qualitative findings indicated several benefits to participating in the program.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"700-721"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Added Value of the YLS/CMI Subscales Beyond the Total Score Among Japanese Youth Offenders in Detention.","authors":"Ayuchi Yamaoka, Daryl Kroner, Takemi Mori, Masaru Takahashi","doi":"10.1177/0306624X251369020","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X251369020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined whether subscales of the Youth Level of Service Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) have added value beyond the total score. Including 238 detained Japanese juvenile offenders (ages 16-19), the proportional reduction in mean squared error (PRMSE) method was applied. Most subscales showed added value, except for Attitudes/Orientation. For the younger group, all subscales except Attitudes/Orientation showed added value. For older juveniles, Family Circumstances/Parenting, Education/Employment, and Attitudes/Orientation did not. Construct validity was assessed via correlations with prior delinquency indicators. While the total score showed consistent associations, some subscales-notably among older youth-did not, raising concerns about their relevance. These findings suggested that subscales should be interpreted according to both statistical distinctiveness and theoretical support. Subscale analysis may aid intervention planning, particularly for younger offenders, but its utility should be judged by both psychometric and practical standards.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"742-769"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145030819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}