Are risk-need-responsivity principles golden? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of community correction programs

Duan, Wenjie; Wang, Zichuan; Cai-yun, Yang; Ke, Shuting

doi:10.1007/s11292-022-09550-w

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“…This responsibility to disclose program effectiveness should not pertain exclusively to SCF interventions but should extend to all programs including rehabilitation modalities (Cullen, 2012; MacDonald, 2023). Recent meta‐analyses, for example, have challenged the efficacy of psychological interventions including whether the RNR model outperforms treatment programs in general (Beaudry et al., 2021; Duan et al., 2023). These claims must be vetted but, if sustained, must be acknowledged by sponsors of these modalities.…”

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Revisiting the effectiveness of HOPE/swift‐certain‐fair supervision programs: A meta‐analytic review

Pattavina

Long

Petrich

et al. 2023

Criminology & Public Policy

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Research SummaryOriginated nearly two decades ago in Hawaii by Judge Steven Alm, a community supervision‐court model known as “Project HOPE” proposed to reduce probation failure by responding to violations with immediate but short jail terms. Despite negative evidence from Lattimore and colleagues’ 2016 Demonstration Field Experiment (DFE) across four locations, advocates continued to trumpet programs based on Project HOPE's core principles of swift, certain, and fair (SCF) sanctions, arguing that these deterrence‐oriented interventions—now known under the acronym SCF programs–reduce recidivism. To assess this claim, a meta‐analysis was conducted of 18 studies reporting on 24 separate evaluations of programs falling under the Project HOPE/SCF umbrella. The analysis revealed that the intervention had a statistically significant but substantively small impact on recidivism (the main overall effect = −.058). Moderator analyses revealed weak to null findings across variations in methodological and HOPE/SCF program characteristics.Policy ImplicationsAt present, evaluation evidence is weak and not robust enough to support the continued government funding and implementation of SCF programs in their current form on grounds of recidivism reduction. Such deterrence‐oriented programs may be based on a flawed theory of recidivism that fails to identify criminogenic risk factors for change. SCF programs might prove more effective if integrated with treatment modalities, though this remains to be demonstrated. More broadly, a range of community supervision approaches now exist that emphasize building relationships with individuals under supervision and guiding their prosocial development. These alternatives might offer a more promising avenue for reform than current programs based on SCF principles.

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Revisiting the effectiveness of HOPE/swift‐certain‐fair supervision programs: A meta‐analytic review

Pattavina

Long

Petrich

et al. 2023

Criminology & Public Policy

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“…the offender's behaviour is regulated so that the offender complies with the law and social rules [15] . Lenient programmes, which include family relationship counselling, psychological counselling, and emotional management, place a greater emphasis on the offender's psychological state than strict programmes do [16][17][18] . For instance, community corrections officers have intervened in the psychological symptoms of kleptomania in a wealthy offender who has committed multiple burglaries through numerous sessions of counselling to stop recidivism.…”

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Do They Pose a Danger: Evaluation of the Recidivism Characteristics in China’s Community Corrections?

Liu

2023

j. of psychol. res.

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The modern criminal justice system includes community corrections, which play a preventive role in lowering recidivism among offenders. However, some offenders continue to commit crimes during community corrections. This research focuses on community corrections in Chinese community policing practice, particularly offender recidivism. The study collected a total of 500 questionnaires from offenders in the provincial administrative regions of northern China, which included first offense status, psychological status, and recidivism behavior. The study found that most recidivists are usually arrested for “drunk driving”, which may be related to their ability to exercise self-restraint, and that alcohol may contribute to their deviant behavior. Another important finding relates to young recidivists, who may have difficulty securing employment during community corrections and thus use crime again to gain income. In general, this study explores the offender population in Chinese community corrections practice and discusses the factors within it that influence offender recidivism. This may support law enforcement agencies in further evaluating the effectiveness of community corrections, and may provide new information for understanding community corrections in China.

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A multimodel meta-analysis assessing moderators of sexual recidivism as an indicator of treatment effectiveness in persons with sexual offense histories

Holper,

Habermeyer,

Mokros

2023

J Exp Criminol

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Objectives This meta-analysis tested whether multimodel inference provides more conclusive evidence than traditional single-hypothesis testing regarding predictors that moderate sexual recidivism as an indicator of treatment effectiveness in persons with sexual offense histories. Methods A dataset including 35 studies equivalent to the meta-analysis by Holper et al. (Sex Abuse 2023; 0: 1–37) was used. Multimodel inference based on information theory tested 15 publication-, study-, treatment-, and individual-specific moderators. Results Only risk level was related to sexual recidivism. A greater posttreatment reduction in sexual recidivism was apparent in high- and medium- compared to low-risk individuals. This moderator explained 77% of the residual heterogeneity. Conclusions Compared to previous reports, the multimodel approach provided clearer evidence on which factors moderate sexual recidivism. Results corroborated the relevance of risk level, which relates to the risk-need-responsivity model. The findings may support treatment recommendations in persons with sexual offense histories in the criminal justice system.

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Are risk-need-responsivity principles golden? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of community correction programs

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Revisiting the effectiveness of HOPE/swift‐certain‐fair supervision programs: A meta‐analytic review

Revisiting the effectiveness of HOPE/swift‐certain‐fair supervision programs: A meta‐analytic review

Do They Pose a Danger: Evaluation of the Recidivism Characteristics in China’s Community Corrections?

A multimodel meta-analysis assessing moderators of sexual recidivism as an indicator of treatment effectiveness in persons with sexual offense histories

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