NCJ Number
226247
Journal
Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Dated: January/February 2009 Pages: 39-49
Date Published
January 2009
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This study examined the debate that surrounds the Stages of Change Model when applied as a measure of readiness to change with offenders.
Abstract
Results demonstrated the framework’s strengths in terms of its explanatory depth and simplicity. Also indicated is some of the framework’s potential in the areas of fertility, predictive, accuracy, internal consistency, and external coherence. The ultimate test for the framework will be whether practitioners find that the framework helps inform their practice, and whether this in turn leads to improved outcomes. The Readiness to Change Framework (RCF) uses a metaphor of a river to provide a dynamic, fluid conceptualization of change. The Context of Change Model (CCM) highlights the role of the context in readiness to change. The Barriers to Change Model (BCM) illustrates 10 barriers to change and provides a potential framework for the assessment of readiness to change. Together these models provide a potentially useful framework for practitioners who are interested in understanding, measuring, and increasing readiness to change. The contribution of the RCF is the provision of a framework that is able to direct the attention of practitioners to areas of potential importance and to link existing measures theories and practices in a comprehensive and dynamic way. Tables, figures, and references