| Sumario: | The writers offer some suggestions from evidence-based corrections for preventing the failure of prisoner reentry programs. In order to reach their full potential, reentry programs must incorporate the principles of effective correctional intervention, the core principles being risk, needs, and responsivity. In particular, paying attention to the criminogenic needs of offenders is key to planning an effective correctional program. Programs should follow the empirical research on effective interventions, develop clear goals and objectives, use effective classification systems, rely on appropriate and theoretically relevant models, and plan for relapse, or they risk failure. Furthermore, parole-based programs can assessed with respect to key intermediate goals as well as to longer term objectives like reducing prison populations and arrest rates.
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