Abstract: Scale shift of random texture due to perspective projection is available as the cue to estimate the expansion of almost horizontal space. To detect the image of possible routes as a version of maneuvering affordance, in this paper, two universal imaging rules, perspective projection and self-similarity, are combined. By identifying scale feature to invariant measure associated with a ...

n Canada, Aboriginal people represent Iapproximately 2% of the adult population,2 while Aboriginal offenders comprise 17% of the federal incarcerated population.3 The numerous health issues facing the incarcerated Aboriginal offender population in general, has become a concern for the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). This article provides a summary of the literature on physical non-communi...

Offender rehabilitation, pitting the rational ability of criminal justice against the seeming irrationality of criminal behavior, remains controversial. Psychology highlights the importance of emotions in mediating individual behavior. Borrowing from restorative justice as a more emotionally intelligent form of justice, this article examines the role of shame and guilt in a domestic violence of...

The study of offender trajectories has been a prolific area of criminological research. However, few studies have incorporated the influence of emerging adulthood, a recently identified stage of the life course, on offending trajectories. The present study addressed this shortcoming by introducing the "prolonged adolescent" offender, a low-level offender between the ages of 18 and 25 that has f...

The Response to Offender Personality Disorder Consultation was released in October 2011. For some this is a welcome step in the right direction due to its therapeutic optimism, however for practitioners operating in the secure estate there are significant challenges ahead. This aim of this article is to discuss the increasing convergence of health and criminal justice and their inherent ideolog...

BACKGROUND Suicide is the leading cause of avoidable death in prisons worldwide and suicide prevention is an international priority. Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop evidence-based treatments. We conducted a randomized controlled trial of a novel suicide prevention psychological therapy for male prisoners. To promote ecological validity by addressing the "real-world" situation o...

This study examines the effectiveness of the Tupiq program, a culturally specific program for Inuit sex offenders that incorporates cognitive behavioural methods with traditional Inuit knowledge and culture led by Inuit healers and facilitators. Outcomes of 61 offenders who participated in the Tupiq program and were released were compared with outcomes of a cohort of 114 released Inuit sex offe...

EDUCATION AND POST-RELEASE EMPLOYMENT: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF OFFENDER PERCEPTIONS Frank R. Wood, Jr. Old Dominion University, 2016 Director: Dr. Melvina Sumter Employment is an essential component of the reintegration process for returning offenders. As one of the eight criminogenic needs, improving employment opportunities for returning offenders increases the ability of returning offenders ...