Overview

This seminar is a critical introduction to the importance of culture in offender rehabilitation practice and explores conceptual, design, ethical, and practice issues with programmes and practices that have been developed in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Offending behaviour occurs in a cultural context that is informed by legal constraints, social norms, and socio-political demands. Similarly, offender rehabilitation occurs in a context that is shaped by a wide range of pressures and involves practices that seek to recognise and understand the constellation of influences and mechanisms that impact on offending behaviour, as well as to apply therapeutic knowledge and processes that contribute to its reduction. The overarching rehabilitation journey often involves several phases that present opportunities for culturally responsive practices (e.g., risk assessment, treatment involvement, community reintegration).

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this event, participants should be able to: -

• Discuss the navigation of cultural differences when implementing mainstream psychological practices
• Understand and apply basic frameworks to assist with culturally informed ways of working
• Develop practices to better prepare individuals for their world, rather than an imposed hypothetical one that may be incommensurate with the realities of the person’s reintegration pathway.

Presenter(s)

Dr. Armon Tamatea

About the presenter(s)

Armon (Rongowhakāta; Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki) is a clinical psychologist who served as a clinician and senior research advisor for Ara Poutama Aotearoa/Dept of Corrections (New Zealand) before accepting an academic appointment at the University of Waikato. He has worked extensively in the assessment and treatment of violent and sexual offenders, and contributed to the design and implementation of an experimental prison-based violence prevention programme for high-risk offenders diagnosed with psychopathy. He was also president of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse (ANZATSA) from 2018-2021. Armon currently divides his professional time between research, teaching, supervision, and clinical practice in the criminal justice arena.

Notes

Target Audience

This event is aimed at practitioners wishing to have an introduction into the importance of culture in offender rehabilitation.

Duration of Access

This event will not be recorded. 

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees’ CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

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