RT Article
T1 Effects of Criminogenic Risk–Needs Assessment Feedback During Prerelease Correctional Rehabilitation
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 48
IS 5
SP 575
OP 595
A1 King, Christopher M.
A2 Heilbrun, Kirk 1953-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1753319706
AB This pre–post follow-up randomized trial investigated the receptiveness and responsiveness of 82 incarcerated men undergoing reentry to feedback (discussion-based, form-based, or none–minimal) regarding their criminogenic risk–needs assessment results. Both short-term outcomes (self-perceived risk–needs, motivation for change, treatment readiness, and feedback satisfaction) and longer-term outcomes (intuitional conduct, rearrest, or halfway house return) were examined. As hypothesized, among study completers (n = 67), motivation for change was significantly higher following discussion feedback, and both feedback formats were rated favorably by participants. Contrary to hypotheses, feedback recipients, including those who showed gains at post, did not appear reliably distinct from others on longer-term outcomes; nor were most outcomes significantly associated with baseline risk scores. Feedback about risk and needs may be useful in correctional treatment for motivation enhancement and treatment orienting, but special attention to measurement, contextual, and intensity factors is warranted.
K1 Readiness
K1 Motivation
K1 Feedback
K1 Assessment
K1 Needs
K1 Risk
K1 Criminogenic
DO 10.1177/0093854820968604