The purpose of this research synthesis was to examine treatment effects across studies of
the service providers to offenders with mental illness. Meta-analytic techniques were applied …

The desired outcome of psychotherapy is positive change. A substantial body of empirical
research now supports the importance of the therapeutic alliance in predicting therapeutic …

Treatments have been developed and tested to successfully reduce the symptoms and
disabilities of many mental illnesses. Unfortunately, people distressed by these illnesses …

Offenders with mental illness have attracted substantial attention over the recent years,
given their prevalence and poor outcomes. A number of interventions have been developed …

The present study evaluated a training program for probation officers based on the risk-need-
responsivity (RNR) model of offender rehabilitation. A total of 80 officers were randomly …

For twenty-five years, The Social Work Interview has been the textbook of choice in social
work and other human service courses, as well as an essential professional resource for …

A growing body of research suggests that high quality dual role relationships between
community corrections officers and offenders reduce risk of recidivism. This study assesses …

Criminologists have explored the reentry experience of formerly incarcerated adults,
documented the pressing challenges of reentry, the correlates of recidivism, and the causes …

Abstract Research Summary Originated nearly two decades ago in Hawaii by Judge Steven
Alm, a community supervision‐court model known as “Project HOPE” proposed to reduce …

The risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model is perhaps the most influential model used to guide
the assessment and treatment of offenders (Blanchette and Brown 2006; Ward et al. 2007) …