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The Risk Principle in Action: What Have We Learned From 13,676 Offenders and 97 Correctional Programs?
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In this paper, the authors investigated how adherence to the risk principle by targeting offenders who are higher risk and varying length of stay and services by level of risk affects program effectiveness in reducing recidivism.Abstract:
Over the recent past there have been several meta-analyses and primary studies that support the importance of the risk principle. Oftentimes these studies, particularly the meta-analyses, are limited in their ability to assess how the actual implementation of the risk principle by correctional agencies affects effectiveness in reducing recidivism. Furthermore, primary studies are typically limited to the assessment of one or two programs, which again limits the types of analyses conducted. This study, using data from two independent studies of 97 correctional programs, investigates how adherence to the risk principle by targeting offenders who are higher risk and varying length of stay and services by level of risk affects program effectiveness in reducing recidivism. Overall, this research indicates that for residential and nonresidential programs, adhering to the risk principle has a strong relationship with a program’s ability to reduce recidivism.read more
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Applicability of the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model to Persons With Mental Illness Involved in the Criminal Justice System
TL;DR: Empirical support for following the RNR model (developed with general offenders) with this group of offenders shows substantial promise, but there is as yet no direct support for the applicability of the three core RNR principles to treat this population.
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Validating the Level of Service Inventory—Revised and the Level of Service Inventory: Screening Version With a Sample of Probationers:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the effectiveness of the Level of Service Inventory: Screening Version on 483 probationers in a western state resulting in a 2% false positive rate.
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The predictive properties of dynamic sex offender risk assessment instruments: A meta-analysis.
Jan Willem van den Berg,Wineke Smid,Klaartje Schepers,Edwin C. Wever,Daan van Beek,Erick Janssen,Luk Gijs +6 more
TL;DR: Findings indicate that dynamic risk assessment instruments can be a useful tool for improving sex offender treatment and have the potential to contribute to the selection of appropriate, more individually tailored treatment approaches and can assist in the evaluation of treatment effects.
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The Development, Validity, and Reliability of the Minnesota Screening Tool Assessing Recidivism Risk (MnSTARR)
TL;DR: The Minnesota Screening Tool Assessing Recidivism Risk (MnSTARR) as discussed by the authors ) is a prediction instrument that assesses risk for four different types of individuals in Minnesota.
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Cognitive skills programmes for offenders
Clive R. Hollin,Emma J. Palmer +1 more
TL;DR: Following the impact of the meta-analyses and what works in offender treatment, cognitive skills programs for offenders have become widely used in both the community and in custody as mentioned in this paper, and cognitive skills have become a popular intervention for offenders.
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TL;DR: Four principles of classification for effective rehabilitation are reviewed: risk, need, responsivity, and professional override.