Multiple reviews and meta-analyses with general offender samples have demonstrated that the interventions that are most likely to reduce recidivism are those that meaningfully engage higher risk offenders in the process of changing their criminogenic needs (or criminogenic factors) …
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A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Treatment for Sexual Offenders: Risk, Need, and Responsivity (2009)
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