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Responsivity Dynamic Risk Factors and Offender Rehabilitation: A Comparison of the Good Lives Model and the Risk-Need Model

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In this chapter, we briefly outline the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model and Good Lives Model (GLM) of offender rehabilitation and review their empirical status and theoretical coherency. We further analyze the concept of dynamic risk factors and conclude that the RNR’s reliance on this problematic construct undermines its coherency as rehabilitation approach.

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  1. School of Psychology, EA 604, Victoria University of Wellington, 600, Wellington, New Zealand

    Tony Ward Ph.D., Dip.Clin.Psyc., MNZCCP

  2. School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Tamaki Innovation Campus, 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

    Gwenda M. Willis Ph.D., P.G.Dip.Clin.Psyc.

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    D. Richard Laws

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA

    William O'Donohue

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Ward, T., Willis, G.M. (2016). Responsivity Dynamic Risk Factors and Offender Rehabilitation: A Comparison of the Good Lives Model and the Risk-Need Model. In: Laws, D., O'Donohue, W. (eds) Treatment of Sex Offenders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25868-3_8

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