PSI311 Assignment: Desistance from Crime (GBA)
Module / Subject / School:
Group-Based Assignment
PSI311: Desistance from Crime
Singapore University of Social Sciences
What we score:
78%
Requirements:Â
This group-based assessment (GBA) requires you to write an essay, as a group, for 1500 words by following the instructions of two (2) questions.Â
Question 1
Refer to the article in The Straits Times website titled ‘Community support crucial in helping ex-offenders in the long term’ and answer the following questions.
Question 2
Formulate an innovative and novel programme aimed at reducing re-offending and supporting desistance for women and juvenile offenders respectively.
Prepare a presentation for the Commissioner of the Singapore Prison Service. Ensure that your presentation slides consist of sufficient but are not overloaded with information. Your deck should not be more than 20 slides, excluding the title slide and references
Our Writer’s CommentÂ
This Group-Based Assignment assesses students’ ability to apply desistance from crime theories to real-world policy and practice in Singapore, rather than simply summarise initiatives or theories in isolation. While the assignment is divided into a written component (Question 1) and a presentation component (Question 2), stronger submissions demonstrate a single, integrated desistance narrative across both parts.
A common weakness in Question 1 is listing Singapore Prison Service initiatives descriptively without linking them clearly to mechanisms of desistance, such as identity change, social bonds, or structural support. Higher-scoring submissions analyse how initiatives like employment support, family engagement, or community-based programmes actively reduce criminogenic risks and support long-term reintegration.
For Question 2, weaker groups often propose programmes that are innovative in name only. Stronger work demonstrates conceptual rigour, showing how programme design, stakeholders, and resources are directly informed by established desistance theories and aligned with SPS objectives. Overall, clarity of theory application, realism, and coherence between analysis and programme design distinguish stronger submissions.
General Tips to Improve Your Score
Treat both questions as part of one desistance framework
Insights from Question 1 should directly inform the programme design in Question 2.
Analyse initiatives through desistance mechanisms
Focus on how identity transformation, social capital, and structural support reduce re-offending.
Avoid purely descriptive answers
Explain why initiatives work, not just what they are.
Design programmes with feasibility in mind
Innovation should be balanced with realistic implementation, stakeholder capacity, and resource constraints.
Ensure alignment with SPS goals
Programme objectives should clearly support rehabilitation, reintegration, and public safety.
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