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COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
Beyond 2006: Promoting Recovery-Oriented Programs and Practices
for Persons with Co-occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Effective Communication Training:
A Bucks County Forensic Initiative
May 15, 2006
Robert E. Kelsey, M.Div
Dorothy J. Farr, LSW, LADC,
CCDP Diplomate
Model we are Attempting to
Develop in Bucks County
• Public Safety Model
• Focusing on Offender Risk Reduction and
Recidivism Reduction
• With an integration and coordination of the
Corrections, Treatment and Community Systems
• Using the growing body of Evidence-Based
Principles and Practice
• Grounded in a Basic 35-hour Training
Experience with strong emphasis on developing
Motivational Interviewing Skills
So…
If that is your plan…
• What works…and…what does not work in
• Reducing Offender Risk
• Reducing Offender Recidivism and
• Increasing Community Protection?
What Works and Doesn’t Work
Punitive Correctional Practices do not
appear to have much overall deterrent
effect on offenders or potential
offenders.
In fact, a purely Punitive Model of
dealing with offenders will increase
recidivism by 7%.
What Works and Doesn’t Work
• Evidence does not indicate that routine
probation or parole supervision practices
or intensive supervision models have
significant effects on recidivism.
What Works and Doesn’t Work
• Restorative Justice programs such as
Community Service, Restitution and
Victim-Offender Mediation have very little
positive effects on recidivism.
(Although they have strong appeal in how well
they serve the needs of victims and the
community.)
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