Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour
Quality of Life and Individualized Supports Model for Community Reintegration After Forensic Care
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Assistant Professor, Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation and Behavioural Sciences, Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (DU), Puducherry, India
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Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Anurag University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Noida international University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Parul Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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Assistant Professor, Department of Law, SOA National Institute of Law, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Assistant Professor, Department of FBAS (Forensic Science), Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, India
Abstract
This paper examines how the communal reintegration of people with learning disabilities and mental illness following forensic treatment could be effective through an integrated Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Good Lives Model (GLM) intervention. The issue discussed is that people with such conditions have a high rate of difficulty in reintegrating into society, and face stigmas, social support problems, and poor access to rehabilitation services that could serve them in this situation. The combined strategy was expected to increase motivation, attainment of goals, and decrease recidivism, as well as increase life satisfaction and psychological wellbeing. The study design consisted of 200 participants with learning disabilities and mental disorders, who experienced 10 MI sessions and were imbued with GLM principles. Before and after the intervention, key performance measures were measured. The outcome indicated a considerable change in the level of motivation (73.33%), an increase of 0.45 to 0.78, and achievement of the goals had risen by 140%, which was 30 to 72. Recidivism rate was reduced to 28, at most, and 50%. Moreover, life satisfaction and psychological wellness had increased by 72% and 50 % respectively. These differences were statistically significant and provide evidence of the beneficial effect of the combined strategy on the results of the participants. The ablation experiment showed that the Integrated MI-GLM setup was better than the MI-only and GLM-only interventions in all measures. The Control group was the lowest in all categories, which also contributes to the effectiveness of the integrated model. To sum up, the analysis proves that the Integrated MI-GLM method has the potential to enhance rehabilitation outcomes among individuals with learning disabilities in forensic backgrounds to facilitate successful community integration and minimize recidivism. The long-term sustainability of these results and the cost-effectiveness of the implementation of this model in different criminal justice contexts should be studied in future research.