Are risk-need-responsivity principles golden? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of community correction programs.

IF 1.8 2区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Experimental Criminology Pub Date : 2023-01-07 DOI:10.1007/s11292-022-09550-w

Wenjie Duan, Zichuan Wang, Caiyun Yang, Shuting Ke

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Abstract

Objectives: Using meta-analysis to determine the effect size of the recidivism rate of participants in community correction programs that are conducted entirely in community settings.

Methods: Following the Preferred Reported Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA), 25 qualified studies contributed 35 independent effect sizes.

Results: Full participation in a program significantly reduced the recidivism rate. Participant age was a significant moderator of heterogeneity. Those aged over 18 have lower recidivism rates. Interventions that fully follow the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) design principles achieved similar results to those that did not. Recidivism rates increase more than 12 months after the program ends.

Conclusions: The effectiveness of community correctional programs varies depending on the participant's age. The RNR principles are not golden. The above factors should be carefully considered when conducting intervention design in the future. Results should be interpreted with caution due to the literature's high heterogeneity and low quality.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11292-022-09550-w.

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风险需求反应原则是金科玉律吗？社区矫正项目随机对照试验的荟萃分析。

目标采用荟萃分析法确定完全在社区环境中开展的社区矫正项目参与者再犯罪率的效应大小：按照系统综述和荟萃分析的首选报告项目（PRISMA），25 项合格研究提供了 35 个独立的效应大小：结果：全面参与项目能明显降低累犯率。参与者的年龄是异质性的一个重要调节因素。18岁以上的参与者再犯率较低。完全遵循 "风险-需求-反应"（RNR）设计原则的干预措施与未遵循该原则的干预措施取得了相似的结果。计划结束 12 个月后，累犯率会有所上升：结论：社区矫正计划的效果因参与者的年龄而异。RNR 原则并非金科玉律。今后在进行干预设计时，应仔细考虑上述因素。由于文献的高度异质性和低质量，对结果的解释应谨慎：在线版本包含补充材料，可查阅 10.1007/s11292-022-09550-w。

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Journal of Experimental Criminology CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Experimental Criminology focuses on high quality experimental and quasi-experimental research in the advancement of criminological theory and/or the development of evidence based crime and justice policy. The journal is also committed to the advancement of the science of systematic reviews and experimental methods in criminology and criminal justice. The journal seeks empirical papers on experimental and quasi-experimental studies, systematic reviews on substantive criminological and criminal justice issues, and methodological papers on experimentation and systematic review. The journal encourages submissions from scholars in the broad array of scientific disciplines that are concerned with criminology as well as crime and justice problems.