Guy Bourgon

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether the risk-need-responsivity (RNR) principles associated with effective treatments for general offenders also apply to sexual offender treatment and found that programs that adhered to the RNR principles showed the largest reductions in sexual and general recidivism.

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed examination of audio taped interviews between 62 probation officers and their clients found relatively poor adherence to some of the basic principles of effec- tive intervention-the principles of Risk, Need and Responsivity.

TL;DR: Results indicate that prison-based treatment can be effective in reducing recidivism, that dosage plays a mediating role, and that there may be minimum levels of treatment required to reduce recidivist that is dependent on the level of an offender’s risk and need.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that training in the evidence-based principles of the RNR model can have an important impact on the behavior of probation officers and their clients.

TL;DR: In 2011, the Board of Directors of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) launched the Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice of Psychological Treatments to support and guide practice as well as to inform stakeholders as discussed by the authors.