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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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Predictors of Retention and Recidivism of Justice-Involved Women in a Community-Based Gender-Responsive CBT Program:
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Assessment of a penitentiary relapse prevention program
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Predicting Short-Term Parole Outcome in Substance Abusing Offenders with the Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form
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A Journey Beyond the Bars: Participants' Experiences of Psychological Treatment in a Prison Setting
TL;DR: Acknowledgments and dedications are given in this paper, with a table of references, acknowledgements, acknowledgments, dedications, and acknowledgements for the work presented in this article.
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TL;DR: The results suggest that applied risk assessments of sexual offenders should consider separately the offender's risk for sexual and nonsexual recidivism.
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Classification for effective rehabilitation: Rediscovering psychology.
TL;DR: Four principles of classification for effective rehabilitation are reviewed: risk, need, responsivity, and professional override.