NCJ Number
208893
Journal
Forum on Corrections Research Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Dated: June 2004 Pages: 18-20
Editor(s)
Larry Motiuk
Date Published
June 2004
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This study examined the change in criminogenic needs for federally-sentenced women in the Canadian community and their relationship to future adjustment.
Abstract
Currently there are several criminogenic needs which have demonstrated consistent predictive validity with male offenders: criminal attitudes, criminal associates, educational issues, employment, substance abuse, family/marital relations, associates/social support, living arrangements, and personal/emotional orientations. In addition, there is support that many of these same dynamic risk predictors may be pertinent for the female population. This study focused on the change in criminogenic needs for 497 federally-sentenced women in the community and their relationship to future adjustment. The seven criminogenic need domains from the Community Intervention Scale are: associates, attitudes, community functioning, employment, marital/family, personal/emotional, and substance abused. These served as the dynamic risk predictors for this study. The results indicate that six of the seven domains, excluding substance abuse, demonstrated genuine change throughout the study period, and all seven variables were significantly related to outcome measures. Overall, there are dynamic risk predictors for community adjustment that are relevant for both men and women.