John Doe Case Study Summary

Larry was identified as an overall high risk to re-offend, with moderate high dynamic risk and moderate protective factors. Larry and his family’s strengths and protective factors include family support. Larry and his family specific priority areas that should be targeted to reduce the risk of reoffending include reducing Larry’s criminal activity and involvement and maintaining stabling housing. Larry and his family should target community and peers, attitude and

In Minnesota, a program called Probationed Offenders Rehabilitation and Training, for first-time male offenders was developed. Through this program, each male offender is sent to a halfway house, where male college students volunteer their time to stay. This program focuses on peer pressure, peer decisions, and counseling. Out of the 56 offenders, 37 were successful and 19 failed. Like other rehabilitative programs, P.O.R.T. cost less per child than other

II. Design: The authors designed their research to examine pathways through the continuum of care, and the relative effectiveness of probation and residential dispositions in Connecticut between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2007. The study consisted of two thousand eight hundred twenty three (2,823) juvenile probationers who resided within two hundred sixty nine (269) facilities whose date was collected from multiple sources which included Case Management Information Systems (CMIS), the Connecticut Computerized Criminal History (CCH) records system and the Connecticut DCF Information System. The data set included information on youth demographics such as age, race and gender, but not limited to referral, offense history, dispositions, placements, risk and needs and both youth juvenile and adult justice system involvement.

After speaking with individuals during one’s site visits, it was said that the government determines the needs for the program. Los Angeles County mental health department offer a variety of services, providing a safe home for these women is a program well-needed throughout the city and by other organizations as well. The supervisor of Ms. Henderson is who advises about the for the community residence rehabilitation houses and are determined by the number of mental health hospitalizations a patient has had. The hospital then views the patient files, recommending more supervisions for the patient at a residential treatment home like those offered by Tarzana Treatment Center.

The sample for this study is accumulated by individuals in the criminal justice system including law enforcement, corrections officers, and mental health analysts that are involved with individuals that are being booked or process in Ada County Jail. The individuals that are being analyzed are mentally ill and homeless that has been booked into Ada County Jail in Boise, Idaho that requires treatment for mental health issues. This research will be gathered from a probability sampling technique. Since the individuals being questioned are typically homeless or continually entered into the system, the data being analyzed will already be entered into the system. Therefor this study will be conducted using a simple or systematic random sampling technique.

Type of Service: Joe Riley (JR), is scheduled to attend weekly therapy appointments for 45-55 minutes in duration. Prior to the sessions, staff will communicate any pertinent issues that arose during the week that need addressing in his session (noted under “behavior data” section in his Ambitions notebook). Pertinent issues will be addressed first, then skills training relevant to his healthy living plan, social skills, independent living, and relapse prevention of offense behavior will follow. Therapy will consist of success oriented cognitive behavioral therapy. Other techniques that will be employed include strategies to control aggression, manage sexual behaviors responsibly, general skill rehearsal, role modeling, and interventions

The overall perception of the community is to reduce recidivism among the mentally ill. In effort to resolve this problem several stakeholders such as Durham County judges, District attorney, mental health agency, LME (Alliance Behavioral Healthcare) sheriff department, county commissioner, social workers, evaluators, Criminal Justice Resource Center, board members and Stepping Up Initiative have gathered to develop a resolve for this issues due to Durham county spending substantial amounts of money on evaluations and housing these individuals in jail. They have discussed solution of developing mental health courts and ensuring that first contact for identified individuals with mental illnesses is not jail, assessing individuals when first

RNR The Risk-Need-Responsivity model is widely regarded as the premier model for guiding offender assessment and treatment which also employs a cognitive-behavioral orientation. The model helps to differentiate offenders in terms of risk and assist them with becoming more prosocial. Hence the model set forth principles of efficacious correctional intervention (Andrews & Bonta, 2010), within which a wide variety of therapeutic interventions can be used. Offender assessments and treatment/Interventions based on this model have a likelihood of reducing offender’s risk of re-offending.

Currently, there is little use of evidence-based programs or best practice within correctional settings. There is some consensus that offenders’ programs do not produce expected outcomes. Valid risk and assessment tools should be used, being able to identify is an offender is open to altering their behavior. Using cognitive programs, and use quality programming and focus on recidivism programs. This work seeks to expand the idea that offender needs be identified and program placement should mirror needs. Since not all factors are intrinsic, such as

Sociologist, psychologist, and political figures have made concerted efforts, to analyze, predict, and resolve the detrimental social and economic impact of recidivism as it relates to communities within the United States. Yet recidivism remains a problem in the US. The focus here is not recidivism itself, but to understand which aspects of case management services may assist in lessening recidivism after an offender’s incarceration.

The primary goal is to set expectations of the offender that with the tools provided, the offender can satisfy. Optimizing the client's ability to become a self-determined, law-abiding member of society requires efficiency and a model that matches the individual's complex needs. The program shares in the success of the client and is motivated by that success. "The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), have also concluded that probation is not effective in reducing recidivism without the help of the world of social workers (Wilson p. 13)". The current system is too separated and not effective in developing socially motivated individuals that choose to make legal decisions on their own. At this time, the burgeoning prison system requires

At the Cooper Street Correctional Facility, self improvement programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, group therapy, and counseling sessions, as well as psychological services from the Waters Health Center, create a safe place to overcome the emotional and mental hurdles of being incarcerated (Corrections). In order to move forward after prison, each inmate and their support system need to be able to discuss shortcomings and strengths to change their lives for the better and not fall back into the system. In a multistage program developed by a University of Delaware doctor, it was discovered that when graphed alongside comparison reoffender rates, 40% more inmates were arrest-free with the multistage program than no counseling or group led sessions alone (Mathias). Along with vocational training and education, inmates who receive psychiatric counseling are able to more effectively be released into the community in order to reduce

Community aftercare is a significant component to further the success of prison-based treatment. Prison-based treatment starts the recovery process, but a continuum of care is a necessity to maximize the effectiveness of treatment (Olson & Lurigio, 2014). Continued substance abuse treatment along with educational and employment training will be emphasized at the IDOC reentry center. A lack of a high school diploma or GED has been correlated with a high number of offenders who are probation violators (Linhorst, Dirks-Linhorst, & Groom, 2012). Employment training will be provided as many offenders have poor work histories. However once an offender obtains employment, research has shown the chances of them remaining a productive member of society increases. (Webster,

Because Newark Community Solution has an in and outpatient counseling and treatment center, our challenge is to found the safest choice to a therapeutic environment. Certain contextual elements are required to figure out the best options. This trial like most shows the that the courts and justice system do not have a set requirement to help mental patients. All too often, those individual are released to the street, without the proper treatment, many found themselves back in courts repeating the same crimes. It is like a triangle, the mental illness defendant fails to receive help, the courts fail to deploy treatment and resources that are effective and the community fails to acknowledge the seriousness of mental

One major problem of prison overcrowding is the effect it has on prison organizational stability. The more prisoners and people put in jail have made it harder for prison guards and staff to monitor and control them. The entire prison system must make enormous changes in order to accommodate for the number of inmates versus the number of prison guards (O’Leary). This often results in a misclassification of offenders. Many who come through the system are classified based on the amount of space available instead of on the security level and programs that would be most suitable for them (Howard). “It is not uncommon to find inmates, classified as medium security, incarcerated in maximum security institutions, while other inmates are in medium security who were previously considered candidates for maximum security” (Howard). Misclassifying offenders often leads to “slow progress through the corrections system as well as a slow exit” (Howard). This in turn only prolongs and increases the overcrowding problem (Howard). The corrections programs should be reformed to meet the needs of the inmates rather than the inmates having to adjust to meet the requirements of the system. Offenders need to be on specific rehabilitation programs that are customized to fit their needs, such as alcohol and drug abuse programs and so forth.