CRM 3316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Risk Management, Work Release, Parole Board Of Canada
21 Nov 2017
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Substance abuse and problems: violence - intensive history of violence, gang affiliations and organized crimes, mental health - serious mental disorders, disproportionate representation of indigenous groups. Increase of 71% of males being admitted to the prison as having serious mental health problems in federal prison. Public safety is always the paramount consideration in these decisions: their programming is mandatory, before they can be released, they have to agree to their programming. The correctional plan: before offenders leave prison, risk management strategy. Risk-need-responsivity (rnr) model (1990 -controversial but used widely: risk principle, program intensity, need principle, criminogenic needs, responsivity principle, learning style and abilities. Programming for violent offenders: confusion over definition, usually defined , criminal convictions, attitudes, hostility towards co, emotions, displaying emotions such as anger, victim selection. Spousal assaults matter differently than a stranger: treatment needs/program effectiveness, the failure to not have difference needs of offenders isn"t ideal, predominantly instrumentally aggressive, treatment needs and targets, risk factors, hostility.
