8.5: Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
rehabilitation is not brand new. Additionally, it is the only one of the four main ideologies that most accurately attempts to address all three goals of corrections, which are:
https://www.easternstate.org/ .
[1] This was the spark that many needed to turn toward the more punitive ideologies that we have so far discussed. However, it did help some to ask more detailed questions about why rehabilitation was not working. Additionally, it helped researchers to ask more critical questions about measurement, how to more properly evaluate rehabilitation and to understand the difference of what does not work versus what does work for offenders. These principles of effective intervention become the cornerstone of modern rehabilitation.
Understanding Risk and Needs in Rehabilitation
[2] Additionally, thousands of offenders have been assessed on these items, which has helped to develop evidence-based rehabilitation practices. These are efforts that are based on empirical data about offenders. When these criminogenic needs are addressed, higher-risk offenders demonstrate positive reductions in their risk to offend.
https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/cognitive-behavioral.pdf .
https://www.crimesolutions.gov/ . This resource provides invaluable information for individuals making decisions on what works for offenders and is based on empirical studies of hundreds of different approaches.
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Choosing correctional options that work: Defining the demand and evaluating the supply
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https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=158988
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