TY - JOUR
T1 - The Availability and Utility of Services to Address Risk Factors for Recidivism Among Justice-Involved Veterans
AU - Blonigen, Daniel M.
AU - Rodriguez, Allison L.
AU - Manfredi, Luisa
AU - Britt, Jessica
AU - Nevedal, Andrea
AU - Finlay, Andrea K.
AU - Rosenthal, Joel
AU - Smelson, David
AU - Timko, Christine
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D)/Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI; RRP 12-507: PI: D. M. Blonigen). Dr. Blonigen was supported by a Career Development Award (CDA-2-008-10S) from VA Clinical Science Research & Development. Dr. Finlay was supported by a Career Development Award (CDA 13-279) from VA Health Services Research & Development. Dr. Timko was supported by a Senior Research Career Scientist Award (RCS-00-001) from VA Health Services Research & Development.
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PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - The availability and utility of services to address recidivism risk factors among justice-involved veterans is unknown. We explored these issues through qualitative interviews with 63 Specialists from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Justice Programs. To guide the interviews, we utilized the risk–need–responsivity (RNR) model of offender rehabilitation. Specialists reported that justice-involved veterans generally have access to services to address most RNR-based risk factors (substance abuse, lack of positive school/work involvement, family/marital dysfunction, lack of prosocial activities/interests), but have less access to services targeting risk factors of antisocial tendencies and associates and empirically based treatments for recidivism in VA. Peer-based services, motivational interviewing/cognitive-behavioral therapy, and Veterans Treatment Courts were perceived as useful to address multiple risk factors. These findings highlight potential gaps in provision of evidence-based care to address recidivism among justice-involved veterans, as well as promising policy-based solutions that may have widespread impact on reducing recidivism in this population.
AB - The availability and utility of services to address recidivism risk factors among justice-involved veterans is unknown. We explored these issues through qualitative interviews with 63 Specialists from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Justice Programs. To guide the interviews, we utilized the risk–need–responsivity (RNR) model of offender rehabilitation. Specialists reported that justice-involved veterans generally have access to services to address most RNR-based risk factors (substance abuse, lack of positive school/work involvement, family/marital dysfunction, lack of prosocial activities/interests), but have less access to services targeting risk factors of antisocial tendencies and associates and empirically based treatments for recidivism in VA. Peer-based services, motivational interviewing/cognitive-behavioral therapy, and Veterans Treatment Courts were perceived as useful to address multiple risk factors. These findings highlight potential gaps in provision of evidence-based care to address recidivism among justice-involved veterans, as well as promising policy-based solutions that may have widespread impact on reducing recidivism in this population.
KW - empirically based treatments
KW - justice-involved veterans
KW - recidivism
KW - risk–need–responsivity
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U2 - 10.1177/0887403416628601
DO - 10.1177/0887403416628601
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85028662338
SN - 0887-4034
VL - 28
SP - 790
EP - 813
JO - Criminal Justice Policy Review
JF - Criminal Justice Policy Review
IS - 8
ER -