Interventions That Target Criminogenic Needs for Justice-Involved Persons With Serious Mental Illnesses: A Targeted Service Delivery Approach.

Interventions That Target Criminogenic Needs for Justice-Involved Persons With Serious Mental Illnesses: A Targeted Service Delivery Approach.

Wilson Amy Blank; Farkas Kathleen; Bonfine Natalie; Duda-Banwar Janelle

International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology

2018

2018-05

This research describes the development of a targeted service delivery approach that tailors the delivery of interventions that target criminogenic needs to the specific learning and treatment needs of justice-involved people with serious mental illnesses (SMIs). This targeted service delivery approach includes five service delivery strategies: repetition and summarizing, amplification, active coaching, low-demand practice, and maximizing participation. Examples of how to apply each strategy in session are provided, as well as recommendations on when to use each strategy during the delivery of interventions that target criminogenic needs. This targeted service delivery approach makes an important contribution to the development of interventions for justice-involved people with SMI by increasing the chances that people with SMI can participate fully in and benefit from these interventions that target criminogenic needs. These developments come at a critical time in the field as the next generation of services for justice-involved people with SMI are being developed.

*Criminals; *Health Services Needs and Demand; Adult; criminogenic needs; Health Services Needs and Demand; Humans; Mental Disorders – Therapy; Mental Disorders/*therapy; Mental Health Services – Administration; Mental Health Services/*organization & administration; mental illness; Middle Age; Middle Aged; Public Offenders; recidivism; Young Adult

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