Effective Correctional Intervention Summary

According to Dr. Latessa, effective correctional interventionsm depends on high levels of risk. These interventions use cognitive behavioral model and stuctured social learning model. I do believe that effective correctional intervention mosty rely on risks. According to the lectures, the correctional methods are more likely to be used on high risk criminals instead of low risks. Spending the same amount of time and money on low risk offenders will be the waste of time and resources. Dr. Latissa talks about how the treatments should be based off of the offenders’ needs. For example, a criminal with mental illness should be given health treatments properly. Offenders with mental illness have multiple risk factors, which mean they should not