PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Anger Management, Australian Psychological Society

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3402
• Professor: Brittany Blaskovits

Document Summary

The following principles appear to be among those that are most important: Higher risk offenders should be provided with more intense (and extensive) interventions. Lower risk offenders have reduced potential for treatment gains. High intensity programs for low risk offenders may actually increase risk of offending (andrews & bonta, 2003) Mixing high & low risk exposes low risk offenders to social support for crime, antisocial attitudes, and may disrupt their pro-social networks. Criminogenic needs must be targeted in order to reduce recidivism. These needs represent dynamic risk factors that, when changed, will affect the likelihood of re-offending. Non-criminogenic needs are also dynamic and changeable but are unrelated (or at least weakly associated) with recidivism. For correctional interventions to be effective they must be delivered in a style and mode that is consistent with the ability and learning style of the offender. Using rewards and costs that are tailored to the client.