The struggle for treatment integrity in a "dis-integrated" service delivery system.

Abstract

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skilful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

Core Implementation Components

“…Finally, systems interventions are strategies to work with external systems to ensure the availability of the financial, organizational, and human resources required to support the work of the practitioners (e.g., Bernfeld, 2001;Klingner, Ahwee, Pilonieta, & Menendez, 2003). Again, alignment of these external systems to specifically support the work of practitioners is an important aspect of systems intervention (see Mihalic & Irwin, 2003, for examples of the interaction of administrative and external system variables with successful implementation and benefits to consumers).…”

L’évaluation du risque de récidive et l’intervention basée sur les données probantes : les conditions nécessaires à l’implantation de méthodes structurées d’évaluation et d’intervention efficaces

“…Quant aux outils et programmes les moins efficaces, ils peuvent n'avoir aucun impact, voire augmenter le risque de récidive. Comme plusieurs l'ont souligné (Bernfeld, 2001 ;Lowenkamp et al, 2006), seules les méthodes bien conçues et bien implantées sont susceptibles de prévenir efficacement la récidive.…”

A Call for Research on Sex Offender Treatment Programs

“…SOTPs are therapeutic programs designed for convicted sex offenders to reduce the behavior that led to their sex offense, as well as address related needs that sex offenders may have, such as underlying psychological needs and transition services (Hollin, Palmer, & Hatcher, 2013). SOTPs of various settings and intensities have demonstrated a reduction in recidivism, or the reoffending of convicted offenders, among the sex offender population (Bernfield, 2001; Olver, Wong, & Nicholaichuk, 2009).…”