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2012
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From Case Management to Change Agent: The Evolution Of 'What Works' Community Supervision
By Bourgon, Guy; Gutierrez, Leticia; Ashton, Jennifer.
Public Safety Canada (Ottawa, Ontario).
The development of community corrections officers from case managers to change agents is explained. This transformation is due to the use of cognitive-behavioral techniques. Sections of this publication following an abstract include: “What Works” and community supervision; the evolving work of community supervision officers; what’s critical for the change agent community supervision officer; cognitive-behavioural interventions; from assessment to change plan; the STICS (Strategic Training Initia... Read More
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19 pages
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2011
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Managing Prisons Effectively: The Potential of Contingency Management Programs
By Gendreau, Paul; Listwan, Shelley J.; Kuhns, Joseph B..
Public Safety Canada (Ottawa, Ontario).
“There has been increasing interest in the prison management policy area to promote a course of action that holds inmates more accountable for their actions. It has been proposed that inmates need more structure and discipline and engage in activities that will demonstrate they truly earn privileges leading to early release. This study draws attention to a long forgotten prison treatment literature known as contingency management [CM] (e.g., token economies) which has the potential to meet the g... Read More
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18 pages
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2011
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Managing Prisons Effectively: The Potential of Contingency Management Programs
By Gendreau, Paul; Listwan, Shelley J..
Public Safety Canada (Ottawa, Ontario).
This study reviewed the literature regarding the effectiveness of contingency management (CM) while also creating a set of factors that are needed for a successful CM program. “First, it was found that CM programs produced large positive gains in the range of 60%-70% which surpassed the effectiveness of other types of interventions. Secondly, the list of principles tabulated for delivering CM program were categorized as to how to implement them and deliver the service (i.e., strategies for what ... Read More
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178 pages
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2010
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The Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision: Risk-Need-Responsivity in the Real World
By Bonta, James; Bourgon, Guy; Rugge, Tanya; Scott, Terri-Lynne; Yessine, Annie K.; Gutierrez, Leticia; Li, Jobina.
Public Safety Canada (Ottawa, Ontario).
The application of the risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model of offender rehabilitation to one-on-one supervision of offenders placed under probation is examined. This RNR-based training program is called the Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision (STICS). Sections of this report include: abstract; the RNR model of offender rehabilitation; the present study; method; results for the success of random assignment, length and content of session discussions, quality of probation officers... Read More
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17 pages
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2009
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A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Treatment for Sexual Offenders: Risk, Need, and Responsivity
By Hanson, R. Karl; Bourgon, Guy; Helmus, Leslie; Hodgson, Shannon.
Public Safety Canada (Ottawa, Ontario).
This report examines "whether the principles associated with effective treatments for general offenders (Risk-Need-Responsivity: RNR) also apply to sexual offender treatment" (p. i). Sections following an abstract include: introduction; method; results according to the effects of treatment on recidivism, on adherence to RNR principles, and by year and adherence to RNR principles; and discussion about the implications for treatment providers and for researchers. The largest reductions in recidiv... Read More
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32 p.
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