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2001

Offender risk and needs assessment: Some currentissues and suggestionsMitchell K. ByrneUniversity of Wollongong, mbyrne@uow.edu.au

Stuart ByrneUniversity of South Australia

Katherine HillmanUniversity of South Australia

Emma StanleyUniversity of South Australia

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Publication DetailsByrne, M. K., Byrne, S., Hillman, K. & Stanley, E. (2001). Offender risk and needs assessment: Some current issues and suggestions.Behaviour Change, 18 (1), 18-27.

Offender risk and needs assessment: Some current issues and suggestions

AbstractCrime impacts upon the community at multiple levels, causing distress and loss for the victims, and feelings ofinsecurity for the public, as well as adding to the drain on financial resources for governments. This makes theaccurate identification of risk of reoffending and the determination of efficacious rehabilitation strategiesimperative. Key principles in cognitive and behavioural psychology can contribute to this task. This paper willreview the issue of risk assessment and describe the applicability of functional analysis to forensic psychology.Two studies by the authors will be used to illustrate concepts raised in this review. The paper will concludewith a model that may help guide the realistic implementation of detailed individual functional analyses ofoffenders' behaviour.

Keywordsissues, current, suggestions, assessment, offender, needs, risk

DisciplinesEducation | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Publication DetailsByrne, M. K., Byrne, S., Hillman, K. & Stanley, E. (2001). Offender risk and needs assessment: Some currentissues and suggestions. Behaviour Change, 18 (1), 18-27.

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Offender risk and needs assessment: Some current issues and suggestionsByrne, Mitchell K;Byrne, Stuart;Hillman, Katherine;Stanley, EmmaBehaviour Change; 2001; 18, 1; ProQuestpg. 18

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