ANDREWS
The main idea of the article is a show of the trend of the risk and need assessment in criminal justice. The article has noted both the theoretical and applied trends within the psychology of the criminal behavior. It has been nothing less but dynamic.
The trend of risk analysis in the criminal rule has been composed on several occasions. In the article, risk in criminal justice have been assessed from Andrews, Hoge, and Bonta’s assertion on the human administration principles of risk – need responsivity (RNR). From Andrew’s articles, the rectification- based terms of risk were changed into laws targeting major concerns of who would receive treatment, targets set, and the treatment plans put in place. These strategies include the specific and general responsivity. The latter proclaims the power of conduct, social education, and cognitive- conduct strategies (Emanuel, 2007).
The study hypotheses in the reading comprise of three statements. The first one is that general responsivity declares the power of conduct, social education, and cognitive- conduct strategies. The second one is that a particular responsivity recommends that service offered by an individual goes in hand with their personality, inspiration, and capability. It also goes in hand with demographics, for instance, gender and age. The final hypothesis is that under the law of professional foresight, nonadherence is possible (Morgan, Reiner & Maguire, 2012).
Statistical testing of the hypothesis is used in this research. We can derive this from the scenario where the writer summarize how RNR correlates with adherence. The writer has also undertaken to use the qualitative research method in the sense that he is delving deeper into the issue that has already been researched by others such as Bonta and Andrews. The writer has also managed to show the trend of the main issue. The qualitative research method is used in this type of research. From the article, Table 1 is presented in a qualitative summary (Andrews & Bonta, 2015).
References
Andrews, D., & Bonta, J. (2015). The Psychology of Criminal Conduct. London: Routledge.
Emanuel, S. (2007). Criminal law. Austin: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers.
Morgan, R., Reiner, R., & Maguire, M. (2012). The Oxford handbook of criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
O'Toole, S., & Eyland, S. (2005). Corrections criminology. Annandale, N.S.W.: Hawkins Press.
