Sociology 2256A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Anger Management, Cognitive Restructuring
8 Dec 2016
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Offender classi cation and case management go hand in hand offender classi cation. The classi cation of individual units into coherent groupings or classes is a fundamental component of any science. In the eld of corrections, the concept of offender risk, criminogenic need, and responsivity have emerged as important dimensions of offender classi cation. An important theme is the link between offender classi cation, case management, and. A basic premise of offender classi cation is that they share common features. Offender classi cation serves 4 purposes to correctional administrators. (1) understanding (2) treatment (3) prediction (4) case management. 1. offenders must be systematically assessed along some important dimensions. 2. offenders are categorized into discrete groups based on their assessment. 3. the various subgroups are then treated in different ways from each other, but uniformly within a group. Ex: need for safety, security level, legal status. 1st generation > characterized by clinical judgements with little or no use standardized assessment n=instruments.
