RT Article
T1 Agency, criminogenic risk and needs, and recidivism: a prospective longitudinal study including 14,000 adult justice-involved individuals
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 00
SP 1
OP 29
A1 Lussier, Patrick 1973-
A1 Kouassi, Pagnol Landry
A1 Frechette, Julien
A2 Kouassi, Pagnol Landry
A2 Frechette, Julien
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1932216316
AB This study examines the role and importance of agency, defined as the ability to recognize personal issues and motivation to change. More specifically, the study aims to explore whether agency can help overcome criminogenic risk and needs in the context of community re-entry among justice-involved individuals. Based on a sample of 14,000 adult males sentenced to probation or incarceration, a series of survival analyses (e.g., Cox proportional hazards) were used to investigate the association between criminogenic risk and needs and agency-related indicators in relation to recidivism. The findings underscore the importance of criminogenic risks and needs while emphasizing the role of motivation to change as a possible moderator. Addressing criminogenic risk and needs while justice-involved individuals face numerous barriers and challenges make desistance from crime a long and difficult process, especially if interventions do not support agentic decisions and behaviors.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 24-29
K1 Recidivism
K1 Risk assessment
K1 Corrections
K1 Longitudinal Study
K1 community reentry
DO 10.1177/0306624X251349530