NCJ Number
227560
Journal
Aggression and Violent Behavior Volume: 14 Issue: 3 Dated: May/June 2009 Pages: 157-161
Date Published
June 2009
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This study examined two models of offender treatment intervention, the Risk/Needs/Responsivity (RNR) Model, and the Good Lives Model (GLM).
Abstract
Findings suggest that RNR and GLM models are complementary and that, by emphasizing the merits of each, offender management and general well-being can be maximized while community safety is increased. Results demonstrate that adherence to the RNR model has clearly been shown to significantly decrease future offending, particularly when placed in a framework which also attended to environmental and social considerations. In particular, programs which sought to limit antisocial peer affiliation while promoting pro-social values and attitudes were most likely to see decreased anti-sociality. However, the RNR model does not necessarily assist clinicians in choosing intervention styles that best engage offenders in therapy. In tandem with the recent switch from relapse prevention-based treatments to the self-regulation model, new conceptual formulations of sexual offender specific treatment have recommended utilization of GLM, a broad rehabilitative framework and the development of an integrated Good Lives/Self-Regulation approach. In the GLM, individuals are regarded as active, goal seeking beings who seek to acquire fundamental primary human goods (actions, experiences, and activities) that are intrinsically beneficial to their individual well-being. The GLM suggests that treatment for sexual offenders must regard participants as whole beings in need of focus in many principal life areas such as family, employment, leisure, community, and personal well-being. References