The Good Lives Model tool kit for mentally disordered offenders
| Date | 02 August 2013 |
| Published date | 02 August 2013 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-07-2012-0001 |
| Pages | 157-170 |
| Author | Mary Barnao |
| Subject Matter | Health & social care,Public policy & environmental management,Sociology |
Invited paper
The Good Lives Model tool kit for mentally
disordered offenders
Mary Barnao
Mary Barnao is based at
Deakin University, Geelong,
Australia.
Abstract
Purpose – The Good Lives Model (GLM) is a new approach to offender rehabilitation that provides an
integrative framework for assisting individuals to achieve their goals while reducing their risk for reoffending.
Recently it has been proposed that an augmented form of the GLM could provide a comprehensive
conceptual, ethical and practice framework for rehabilitation within the specialty of forensic mental health.
However, there is a paucity of published literature to guide practitioners on how to integrate the GLM into
their practice with mentally disordered offenders. The aim of this article is to present a set of resources (the
GLM tool kit) tailored for use with offenders with mental disorder.
Design/methodology/approach – Each of the five resources that comprise the tool kit will be described,
the theoretical, methodological and practical considerations that influenced their development will be
reviewed, and a case example demonstrating their clinical application, presented.
Findings – The tool kit canguide forensic mental health practitioners in assessment, case conceptualization
and rehabilitation planning according to the Good Lives Model. It includes some practical resources that
practitioners can use to help mentally disordered offenders understand themselves better, including the
reasons why they cameto offend, and to highlight what they need to change to livebetter lives.
Practical implications – The paper provides clinicians with some structure in applying the Good Lives
Model within a forensic mental health team context.
Originality/value – Much of the GLM practice literature relates to non-mentally disordered offenders. The
paper builds on this literature by presenting a set of tools that have been designed specifically with mentally
disordered offenders in mind.
Keywords Good Lives Model, Mentally disordered offenders, Offender rehabilitation,
Mental health services, Rehabilitation
Paper type Technical paper
Introduction
Forensic mental health services represent the interface between the criminal justice and mental
health systems, providing assessment and treatment for individuals with both mental illness and
offending histories. Practitioners working in this area are required to strike a balance between
their dual responsibilities of providing care and treatment for mentally disordered offenders while
protecting the wider community. However, in practice there is often disagreement about the
weight that should be given to criminogenic (dynamic risk factors) and mental health issues,
which may be viewed as separate entities and given varying emphases by different professional
disciplines (Davies et al., 2006). In addition to the challenges in balancing risk and care paradigms
and the lack of an overarching theoretical framework for integrating the multiple perspectives within
forensic mental health teams can be an obstacle to developing cohesive conceptualizations of
mentally disordered offenders and their core rehabilitation needs.
What is required is a shared, comprehensive practice framework that can assist practitioners to
integrate the dual roles of patient treatment and community protection and a range of
DOI 10.1108/JFP-07-2012-0001 VOL. 15 NO. 3 2013, pp. 157-170, CEmerald Group Publishing Limited, ISSN 2050-8794
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