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when restorative justice meets the Good Lives Model contributing to a criminology of trust
European Journal of Criminology, 2019Co-Authors: Lode Walgrave, Tony Ward, Estelle ZinsstagAbstract:The Good Lives Model and restorative justice, although both innovative practices with a number of common traits, interests and aims, have been developing in parallel or even at odds with each other...
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the Good Lives Model and the rehabilitation of individuals convicted of sexual offending
2019Co-Authors: Roxanne Heffernan, Tony WardAbstract:The last few decades have seen significant advances in the methods of treatment for sexual offending and the theories which underpin this field. One of these developments is the Good Lives Model (GLM), which was designed to complement existing rehabilitation framework, the Risk-Reed-Responsivity Model (RNR; (Andrews, D. A., & Bonta, J., The psychology of criminal conduct. LexisNexis, New Providence, NJ, 2010; Bonta, J., & Andrews, D. A., The psychology of criminal conduct. Routledge, New York, NY, 2017)). The GLM is a strength-based rehabilitation framework which thus far has demonstrated popularity with practitioners and rehabilitation participants and has shown preliminary success in treatment programs and case formulations. These findings are encouraging, as they suggest that the GLM may increase motivation to change and guide individualized treatment. The aim of this chapter is to collate the evidence and highlight the ways in which a GLM approach complements existing risk focussed rehabilitation, in order to provide researchers and practitioners with rationale and recommendations for implementing and researching GLM-consistent interventions. We will discuss the GLM, its core assumptions and implications, the empirical evidence supporting its use, and its relationship to practice and the RNR Model. We will conclude by highlighting areas for future development which will provide, in our opinion, a promising way forward for the treatment of individuals who have committed sexual offenses.
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taking the Good life to the institution forensic service users perceptions of the Good Lives Model
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2016Co-Authors: Mary Barnao, Tony Ward, Sharon CaseyAbstract:Previous literature has highlighted a number of concerns about forensic care and rehabilitation by those who use the services. The Good Lives Model (GLM) is a strength-based, humanistic approach to offender rehabilitation that has been largely overlooked by forensic mental health practitioners. This study explored the impact of a brief GLM program on forensic service users’ perceptions of rehabilitation, both within and beyond therapeutic programs, using a thematically linked, multiple-case study research design. Pre–post comparisons of participants’ perceptions of rehabilitation suggested three different outcomes: definite change, subtle change, and no change. Possible factors associated with participants’ divergent experiences included level of exposure to the GLM, readiness to change, and practitioners’ adherence to the GLM and experience with the Model. The importance of attending to the wider system for successful implementation of this innovative approach is highlighted.
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the Good Lives Model a new paradigm for forensic mental health
Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 2016Co-Authors: Mary Barnao, Tony Ward, Peter RobertsonAbstract:The Good Lives Model (GLM) is a contemporary theory of offender rehabilitation that has the dual foci of promoting offenders’ goals and reducing their risk of reoffending. It has proved popular with practitioners working with offenders in correctional services but its potential as a rehabilitation framework for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) in forensic mental health services has been largely untapped. The purpose of this article is to explore how the GLM can be theoretically augmented for use with offenders with mental illness and applied to MDOs in a forensic mental health setting. A case study is provided to illustrate how the enriched GLM can promote a cohesive and holistic approach to forensic rehabilitation that integrates risk, psychiatric treatment, and well-being perspectives. The potential benefits of utilizing the GLM as an overarching rehabilitation framework in forensic mental health are discussed and important points of difference from a traditional approach are highlighted. The author...
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responsivity dynamic risk factors and offender rehabilitation a comparison of the Good Lives Model and the risk need Model
2016Co-Authors: Tony Ward, Gwenda M WillisAbstract:In this chapter, we briefly outline the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Model and Good Lives Model (GLM) of offender rehabilitation and review their empirical status and theoretical coherency. We further analyze the concept of dynamic risk factors and conclude that the RNR’s reliance on this problematic construct undermines its coherency as rehabilitation approach.
Gwenda M Willis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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protective factors and the Good Lives Model combining positive approaches to assessment and treatment
2018Co-Authors: Sophie R Dickson, Gwenda M Willis, Danielle MatherAbstract:Positive approaches to assessment and treatment of offending behaviors bring balance to a field that has been concerned primarily with risk factors and individual deficits. This chapter discusses two examples of approaches within criminal justice psychology that have their roots in positive psychology: the emerging focus on “protective factors” within risk assessment and the Good Lives Model (GLM), a strengths-based theory of rehabilitation. The chapter will describe both and explore how the two could work together to provide a positive psychological approach to both assessment and treatment of individuals within the criminal justice system. A shift toward the inclusion of positive factors has a number of potential benefits including adding incremental predictive validity to recidivism risk assessments, improving treatment engagement and risk management, and reducing stigmatization of persons who have offended.
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The Pursuit of Primary Human Goods in Men Desisting From Sexual Offending.
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2017Co-Authors: Danielle Arlanda Harris, Amelie Pedneault, Gwenda M WillisAbstract:The Good Lives Model proposes at least 10 primary human Goods that are thought to be common to all individuals which, when secured, contribute to enhanced well-being and life satisfaction. Prosocia...
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the Good Lives Model new avenues for maori rehabilitation
Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2016Co-Authors: Nathan Leaming, Gwenda M WillisAbstract:Psychological treatment programs targeting sexual, violent and general offending can only be effective to the extent that clients are engaged in treatment. Beyond the obvious issues inherent in engaging clients in a program that they may feel coerced into, engaging Maori clients presents additional challenges. In response to the well documented over-representation of Maori people in New Zealand prisons, attempts have been made to integrate Maori ideas and practices into the operation of treatment programs for offenders. However, the extent to which Maori Models of health and well-being have been successfully integrated into treatment programs is limited. In this article we explore why Maori Models are often absent from offending treatment programs, and how they might be better incorporated. We argue that the best practice rehabilitation framework (i.e., the Risk Needs Responsivity Model) is largely incompatible with Maori Models of health and wellbeing, and that the contemporary Good Lives Model better accommodates the incorporation of Maori Models into the operation of treatment programs for offenders.
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responsivity dynamic risk factors and offender rehabilitation a comparison of the Good Lives Model and the risk need Model
2016Co-Authors: Tony Ward, Gwenda M WillisAbstract:In this chapter, we briefly outline the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Model and Good Lives Model (GLM) of offender rehabilitation and review their empirical status and theoretical coherency. We further analyze the concept of dynamic risk factors and conclude that the RNR’s reliance on this problematic construct undermines its coherency as rehabilitation approach.
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the Good Lives Model glm an evaluation of glm operationalization in north american treatment programs
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2014Co-Authors: Gwenda M Willis, Tony Ward, Jill S LevensonAbstract:The Good Lives Model (GLM) has become an increasingly popular theoretical framework underpinning sex offender treatment programs, and preliminary research suggests that the GLM may enhance the efficacy of programs that adhere to the Risk, Need, and Responsivity (RNR) principles. However, this potential rests on the appropriate operationalization of the GLM in practice. Operationalized appropriately, the GLM aims to facilitate risk reduction alongside equipping clients with the tools to live personally meaningful and fulfilling Lives. However, misguided operationalization of the GLM could result in ineffective treatment and ultimately higher rates of reoffending. This article presents findings from a multisite study exploring how the GLM has been operationalized and the degree to which the GLM has been integrated in a sample of 13 North American treatment programs. A comprehensive coding protocol was developed that included items related to program aims and client induction/orientation, assessment, interve...
Theresa A Gannon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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how to integrate the Good Lives Model into treatment programs for sexual offending an introduction and overview
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2013Co-Authors: Gwenda M Willis, Theresa A Gannon, Pamela M Yates, Tony WardAbstract:The Good Lives Model (GLM) represents a new theoretical framework informing sex offender treatment programs; however, substantial variation has been observed in terms of how GLM-related ideas and practices have been applied. Integrated appropriately, the GLM offers potential for improving outcomes of programs following a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) approach and operating according to a narrow operationalization of risk, need, responsivity (RNR) principles. Conversely, misguided or otherwise poor integration could increase the very risk practitioners work to prevent and manage. The purpose of this article is to provide an introduction and overview on how to integrate the GLM into treatment using CBT and RNR. The authors describe clinical implications of the GLM as they relate to program aims and orientation, assessment and intervention planning, content, and delivery.
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Good Lives sexual offender treatment for mentally disordered offenders
The British Journal of Forensic Practice, 2011Co-Authors: Theresa A Gannon, Tracy King, Helen Miles, Lona Lockerbie, Gwenda M WillisAbstract:Purpose – The main aim of this paper is to describe the content, structure and preliminary evaluation of a new Good Lives sexual offender treatment group (SOTG) for male mentally disordered offenders.Design/methodology/approach – As evaluation and work on the SOTG is necessarily ongoing, case study descriptions of each patient who attended the SOTG and of their progress throughout SOTG are described.Findings – Overall, the case study progress reports suggest that mentally disordered male patients made some notable progress on SOTG despite their differential and complex needs. In particular, attention to each patient's life goals and motivators appeared to play a key role in promoting treatment engagement. Furthermore, patients with lower intelligence quotient and/or indirect pathways required additional support to understand the links between the Good Lives Model (GLM) and their own risk for sexual offending.Research limitations/implications – Further evaluations of SOTG groups, that incorporate higher nu...
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the Good Lives Model of offender rehabilitation clinical implications
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2007Co-Authors: Tony Ward, Ruth E Mann, Theresa A GannonAbstract:The major aim of the current paper is to expand on the practice elements of the Good Lives Model-Comprehensive (GLM-C) of offender rehabilitation and to provide a detailed examination of its assessment and treatment implications. First we discuss the notion of rehabilitation and the qualities a Good theory of rehabilitation should possess. Second, the principles, etiological assumptions, and general treatment implications of the GLM-C are briefly described. Third, we outline in considerable detail the application of this novel perspective to the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders. Finally, we conclude the paper with a summary of the major benefits we envisage the GLM-C bringing to the rehabilitation of sexual offenders.
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rehabilitation etiology and self regulation the comprehensive Good Lives Model of treatment for sexual offenders
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2006Co-Authors: Tony Ward, Theresa A GannonAbstract:In this paper, we draw upon two sets of theoretical resources to develop a comprehensive theory of sexual offender rehabilitation named the Good Lives Model-Comprehensive (GLM-C). The original Good Lives Model (GLM-O) forms the overarching values and principles guiding clinical practice in the GLM-C. In addition, the latest sexual offender theory (i.e., the Integrated Theory of Sexual Offending; ITSO) provides a clear etiological grounding for these principles. The result is a more substantial and improved rehabilitation Model that is able to conceptually link latest etiological theory with clinical practice. Analysis of the GLM-C reveals that it also has the theoretical resources to secure currently used self-regulatory treatment practice within a meaningful structure.
Clareann Fortune - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the Good Lives Model a strength based approach for youth offenders
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2018Co-Authors: Clareann FortuneAbstract:Abstract There is increasing interest in the use of strength-based approaches, such as the Good Lives Model (GLM), in the field of offender rehabilitation to complement primarily risk management Models. To date, theoretical work has focused on the application of the GLM to adult offenders, and primarily sexual offenders at that. This paper explores the theoretical application of the Good Lives Model (GLM) to the rehabilitation of youth offenders. Practitioners often struggle to engage young people in treatment as working towards the goal of avoiding further offending does not directly speak to their core concerns and, as such, is not very motivating. The GLM is a rehabilitation framework that focuses on approach goals, which encourages individuals to identify and formulate ways of achieving personally meaningful goals in prosocial ways. It is argued that as a rehabilitation framework the GLM has the flexibility and breadth to accommodate the variety of risk factors and complex needs youth offenders present with, and also provides a natural fit with a dynamic systems (e.g., family and educational systems) framework, and evidence based interventions in the youth offender field.
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the Good Lives Model among detained female adolescents
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2017Co-Authors: Lore Van Damme, Clareann Fortune, Stijn Vandevelde, Wouter VanderplasschenAbstract:Abstract Female adolescents constitute a very vulnerable and challenging, yet understudied, minority within the criminal justice system. Up to now, problem-oriented risk management approaches, such as the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Model, are still the most widely used rehabilitation frameworks. More recently, strength-based rehabilitation frameworks, such as the Good Lives Model (GLM), have received increased attention in guiding treatment of detained female adolescents. In the current paper, we explore the relevance and applicability of the GLM in the particular population of detained female adolescents, based on a critical reflection on the theoretical, empirical and clinical evidence available in the scientific literature. First, we argue that the GLM can help to overcome the RNR Model's ethical, etiological and clinical limitations, thereby improving rehabilitation theory and effective practice for detained female adolescents. Second, we believe this Model, given its holistic and person-centred approach, can be easily extended to this population, however not without taking into account particular developmental and gender issues. Third, we believe the GLM, as a rehabilitation framework, can easily “wrap around” existing evidence-based treatment programs for detained female adolescents, which, overall, are recommended to include a multidimensional, systemic and gender-responsive component. In addition, we think that the different phases of GLM-informed rehabilitation can be easily applied to this particular population. Finally, the application of the GLM among detained female adolescents entails some important research-related, practice-related and normative challenges.
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the Good Lives Model and therapeutic environments in forensic settings
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 2014Co-Authors: Clareann Fortune, Tony Ward, Devon L L PolaschekAbstract:Purpose – There is increasing interest in applying strength-based approaches to offender rehabilitation. The purpose of this paper is to use the Good Lives Model (GLM) as an example to illustrate the fit that exists between strength-based approaches to offender rehabilitation and therapeutic communities. Design/methodology/approach – The authors briefly describe the GLM before discussing the key themes that link the two perspectives; the authors argue they naturally fit together in a number of areas. Findings – Both perspectives emphasise the importance of creating a safe and trusting therapeutic environment in which capacities (e.g. skills) can be developed that assist individuals to go on to live Lives which are personally meaningful, and in which all their needs are met, enabling them to live offence free. Both also place importance on the role of personal responsibility. Originality/value – The authors conclude the GLM could usefully contribute to improving outcomes for those transitioning into the co...
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integrating the Good Lives Model with relapse prevention working with juvenile sex offenders
2014Co-Authors: Clareann Fortune, Tony Ward, Bobbie PrintAbstract:In this chapter, we have provided an overview of a strength-based Model of offender rehabilitation, the Good Lives Model (GLM), and described how this Model can be applied to relapse prevention with young people who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior. The GLM is a rehabilitative framework rather than a treatment program. Thus, it provides a structure that can inform the rehabilitative process including assessment, treatment, and relapse prevention. Specific, empirically supported treatment techniques for juvenile sex offenders, such as those used to develop empathy skills, social skills, or emotional regulation are “wrapped around” a GLM-derived Good Lives plan to build capabilities and reduce dynamic risk factors (criminogenic needs). From a therapeutic perspective, it makes sense to work with treatment and case management plans that revolve around what a person wants and can achieve, rather than simply listing situations they should avoid.
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chapter 16 integrating the Good Lives Model with relapse prevention working with juvenile sex offenders
Toolkit for Working with Juvenile Sex Offenders, 2014Co-Authors: Clareann Fortune, Tony Ward, Bobbie PrintAbstract:In this chapter, we have provided an overview of a strength-based Model of offender rehabilitation, the Good Lives Model (GLM), and described how this Model can be applied to relapse prevention with young people who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior. The GLM is a rehabilitative framework rather than a treatment program. Thus, it provides a structure that can inform the rehabilitative process including assessment, treatment, and relapse prevention. Specific, empirically supported treatment techniques for juvenile sex offenders, such as those used to develop empathy skills, social skills, or emotional regulation are “wrapped around” a GLM-derived Good Lives plan to build capabilities and reduce dynamic risk factors (criminogenic needs). From a therapeutic perspective, it makes sense to work with treatment and case management plans that revolve around what a person wants and can achieve, rather than simply listing situations they should avoid.
Pamela M Yates - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the Good Lives Model glm in theory and practice
Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2013Co-Authors: Gwenda M Willis, David S Prescott, Pamela M YatesAbstract:The Good Lives Model (GLM) is a strengths-based rehabilitation theory that augments the risk, need, and responsivity principles of effective correctional intervention through its focus on assisting clients to develop and implement meaningful life plans that are incompatible with future offending. During the decade of its existence, the GLM has seen advances in its underlying theory and application, as well as in its popularity, although empirical support for its application in practice remains in its infancy. This article briefly reviews the evolution of the application of the GLM, describes new and more accessible terminology for key GLM constructs, and offers ideas for situating traditional treatment programme components within the GLM framework. This brief article is intended to provide a summary of recent developments from existing texts on the application of the GLM.
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how to integrate the Good Lives Model into treatment programs for sexual offending an introduction and overview
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2013Co-Authors: Gwenda M Willis, Theresa A Gannon, Pamela M Yates, Tony WardAbstract:The Good Lives Model (GLM) represents a new theoretical framework informing sex offender treatment programs; however, substantial variation has been observed in terms of how GLM-related ideas and practices have been applied. Integrated appropriately, the GLM offers potential for improving outcomes of programs following a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) approach and operating according to a narrow operationalization of risk, need, responsivity (RNR) principles. Conversely, misguided or otherwise poor integration could increase the very risk practitioners work to prevent and manage. The purpose of this article is to provide an introduction and overview on how to integrate the GLM into treatment using CBT and RNR. The authors describe clinical implications of the GLM as they relate to program aims and orientation, assessment and intervention planning, content, and delivery.
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effective interventions and the Good Lives Model maximizing treatment gains for sexual offenders
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2009Co-Authors: Robin J Wilson, Pamela M YatesAbstract:Abstract The effective risk management of sexual offenders is arguably one of the most contentious social issues of our day. The community is justifiably outraged by what it perceives to be a failure of correctional and mental health practitioners to demonstrate that rehabilitative and supervisory methods promote public safety. Those who treat offenders and attempt to manage risk are often frustrated by what appear, at times, to be emotion-based reactions to low base-rate incidents. The literature on effective correctional programming has produced a workable Model—Risk/Needs/Responsivity (RNR)—in which interventions match intensity of treatment to level of risk, specifically target criminogenic needs, and tailor treatment to the personal and interpersonal needs and capacities of participants. However, this Model has been criticized regarding an apparent failure to appreciate the totality of client needs, specifically with respect to offender responsivity concerns. The Good Lives Model (GLM) suggests that treatment for sexual offenders must regard participants as whole beings in need of focus in many principal life areas (e.g., family, employment, leisure, community, personal well-being). This article proposes that RNR and GLM are complementary and that, by emphasizing the merits of each, offender management and general well-being can be maximized while community safety is increased.
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Good Lives self regulation and risk management an integrated Model of sexual offender assessment and treatment
Sexual abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2008Co-Authors: Pamela M Yates, Tony WardAbstract:In this article we follow-up on previous works pertaining to separate Models of sexual offending as these relate to assessment and treatment: the Good Lives Model of offender rehabilitation (Ward & Gannon, 2006; Ward & Stewart, 2003), the Self-Regulation Model of the sexual offence process (Ward & Hudson, 1998), and our reconstruction (Ward, Melser, & Yates, 2007) of the Risk/Need/Responsivity Model of correctional intervention (Andrews & Bonta, 2003). Recently, the Good Lives and Self-Regulation Models have been integrated into a combined approach to the treatment of sexual offenders (Ward, Yates, & Long, 2006; Yates & Ward, 2007). In this article, we fully integrate these Models into a comprehensive case formulation approach for use in the assessment, treatment, and supervision of sexual offenders. We also reconstruct here the SelfRegulation Model based on shortcomings identified in the framework, application to practice since its development, and integration with the Good Lives Model. We argue that none of these Models singly is sufficient to guide the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders, and that an integrated Model that draws on research and practice in the development of case formulation, is most likely to be effective in achieving the goals of reduced recidivism, risk reduction, and reduced rates of sexual victimisation.