Dynamic Needs in Correctional Populations: Expanding Horizons

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

A series of papers will examine the complexity of dynamic needs and static risk factors of offenders, and how they impact various offender outcomes. Drawing from a set of international studies, various models examine patterns of dynamic needs. Implications for correctional programming are then highlighted through this greater appreciation of the patterns of comorbid conditions.

Sub Unit

• Area IV. Criminal Justice Policy and Practice / 42. Community Corrections

Individual Presentations

• Risk tells us who, but not what or how: An empirical classification of the complexity of criminogenic needs to inform correctional programming - Michael Caudy, George Mason University; Faye Taxman, George Mason University

• Drug Crime Nexus: What Can We Learn About Drug Use patterns from Prisoners? - Anja Dirkzwager, NSCR; Paul Nieuwbeerta, Leiden University; Faye Taxman, George Mason University

Chair

• Michael Caudy, George Mason University