Non-completion of treatment is a major concern in the provision of therapies for people
diagnosed with personality disorder, with adverse consequences for services, therapists …

Background There is a lack of knowledge about specific effective ingredients of prevention
programs for youth at risk for persistent delinquent behavior. The present study combines …

Objectives Our study addresses the question: Does providing inmates with education while
incarcerated reduce their chances of recidivism and improve their postrelease employment …

The risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model has been widely regarded as the premier model for
guiding offender assessment and treatment. The RNR model underlies some of the most …

For over 30 years, criminal justice policy has been dominated by a “get tough” approach to
offenders. Increasing punitive measures have failed to reduce criminal recidivism and …

The Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) and the Youth version
(YLS/CMI) generate an assessment of risk/need across eight domains that are considered to …

'O'Malley, in this beautifully simple, insightful and erudite book, locates risk within a variety of
mentalities that have been, and are being, deployed to" govern crime"--in doing so he …

Criminal Recidivism intends to fill a gap in the criminological psychology literature by
examining the processes underlying persistent criminal careers. This book aims to …

This paper discusses the concerns associated with the introduction of, and increased
reliance on, actuarial risk tools in sentencing in order to:(1) stimulate cross-disciplinary …

We examined the influence of individual and neighborhood characteristics and spatial
contagion in predicting reincarceration on a sample of 5,354 released Pennsylvania state …