Integrating Findings from Research Reviews

McGuire, James

doi:10.1002/9780470713464.ch1

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“…The beneficial impact of appropriate programmes of supervision at higher risk levels is now amply attested by a number of systematic reviews (see, for example, Andrews et al, 1990;McGuire, 2002), but the situation at lower risk levels is not always so clear, and many recipients of community sentences are at these lower levels. Specifically, questions have been raised about the relative efficacy of probation orders and community service orders (recently renamed community rehabilitation orders and community punishment orders, respectively, but probably more familiar to readers under their traditional names), and about the impact of probation orders on low-risk offenders.…”

Section: The Impact Of Community Sentencesmentioning

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Risk and need assessment in British probation: the contribution of LSI-R

Raynor

2007

Psychology, Crime & Law

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From 1996 until about 2000 the Canadian Level of Service Inventory Á Revised (LSI-R) was in use in a number of probation services in England and Wales, and it is still in use in the Jersey Probation and After-Care Service. This article reviews what has been learned about risk and need assessment in British probation through the use of LSI-R, drawing on data collected for a Home Office study and for evaluative research in Jersey. Particular areas of interest are accuracy, differences between male and female offenders, the comparative effectiveness of probation and community service, the apparent counterproductive impact of probation on low-risk offenders, and the efficacy of risk-related change measurement. The conclusion points out the wide-ranging advantages of risk/need assessment for probation services, and discusses why services in England and Wales have been slow to benefit from this.

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Section: The Impact Of Community Sentencesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Risk and need assessment in British probation: the contribution of LSI-R

Raynor

2007

Psychology, Crime & Law

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“…The ''What Works?'' movement, which grew from meta-analyses of offender treatment outcome studies that showed structured, cognitiveÁbehavioural treatments to be most effective in reducing recidivism, led to the development across a number of jurisdictions of treatment programmes meeting these effectiveness specifications (McGuire, 2002). This has contributed to a shift in professional practice, blurring the boundaries between criminal justice system psychologists and probation officers, but not without some concern about the dilution of the important social aspects of offender supervision (Newman & Nutley, 2003).…”

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confidence: 98%

Anger control and alcohol use: Appropriate interventions for perpetrators of domestic violence?

McMurran

Gilchrist

2008

Psychology, Crime & Law

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This paper addresses the differences between cultural/feminist and psychological perspectives on domestic violence, with specific reference to the roles of anger and alcohol. Feminist perspectives assume patriarchal control to be at the root of domestic violence, and see anger and alcohol as excuses for abusive behaviour. Psychological approaches identify anger and alcohol as risk factors for violence in some subgroups of offenders. A riskÁneeds model is presented, in which a distinction is drawn between acute and stable dynamic risk factors. Both may be targets of intervention, but addressing stable dynamic risk factors is more likely to effect enduring change. A theoretical understanding is required to identify stable dynamic risk factors, and here we suggest an affective defence approach to anger-related domestic violence and a social problem solving approach to alcohol-related domestic violence. Further developments in risk assessment and treatment matching are recommended.

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“…In so far as the implementation of programmes has been considered, focus has been on ensuring that they are delivered as programme designers intended, through providing structured manuals and guidelines and establishing quality control mechanisms (Farabee et al . ; Goggin and Gendreau ; McGuire ). In other words, analysis has taken something of a top‐down approach.…”

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The Mechanics of Reform: Implementing Correctional Programmes in English Prisons

Bullock

Bunce

Dodds

2017

Howard J Crime Justice

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Delivering correctional programmes in the prison environment has proved challenging, and desired outcomes have not always been achieved. Drawing on interview data, this article considers the mechanics through which programmes are introduced into English prisons and how the environment shapes what is accomplished. We argue that the operation of programmes is influenced by institutional features (such as values, priorities and resources), situational features (such as the challenges posed by operating in the secure environment), and interactional factors (such as the attitudes of prison staff and the nature of programme‐prison staff relations).

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Integrating Findings from Research Reviews

Cited by 52 publications

References 56 publications

Risk and need assessment in British probation: the contribution of LSI-R

Risk and need assessment in British probation: the contribution of LSI-R

Anger control and alcohol use: Appropriate interventions for perpetrators of domestic violence?

The Mechanics of Reform: Implementing Correctional Programmes in English Prisons

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