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Introduction: As Latvian prison system does not have an accreditation system for prison resocialisation (rehabilitation and correctional) programs and Latvian Prison Administration is planning to build accreditation panel and choose appropriate experts, could you please share your experience regarding the following questions?
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Constructs • Designed for persistent offenders, with a specific focus on addressing the poor problem solving skills typical of this particular group. • There are 4 stages to the programme: motivation, problem solving, skill acquisition and relapse prevention. Moving Forward Making Changes • Targeted at offenders who have committed sexual offences and who have been assessed as medium or above using the Stable and Acute (SA07) Risk Assessment. • Rolling format design with essential and optional modules that are tailored to the individual’s specific treatment needs based on what individuals require. • Optional modules include: Social Support, Relationship Skills, Thinking Skills, Healthy Sexual Functioning. Female Offending Behaviour Programme (FOBP • Developed specifically for violent/non-violent female offenders. An in-depth cognitive behavioural programme targeting criminogenic need and improvement of well-being. • Rolling format design with mandatory and optional stages that can be tailored to individual needs using a process of collaborative formulation (with the participant) to determine optional stages required/relevant. • Example treatment goals: increase insight into offending pathways, challenge thinking patterns, develop self-management and relapse prevention plans. Substance Related Offending Behaviour Programme (SROBP) • Designed to provide the opportunity for medium and high risk offenders to address their substance-related offending behaviour. • Rolling format design with essential and optional modules that are tailored to the individual’s specific treatment needs based on what individuals require. • Optional modules include: Motivation, Cravings, Support, Coping Strategies, Challenging Unhelpful Thoughts, Interpersonal Skills, Self-esteem, Managing Emotions, Improving Relationships, Victim Empathy, Lifestyle Modification. Self-Change Programme • Designed specifically for offenders at risk of future violent re-offending. A history of violent convictions and a lifetime pattern of violence are pre-requisites for participation on this programme. • Targeted at the adult, male population. • Modules explore offender's use of violence and challenge their motivation and reasons for violence and teach skills to assist individuals to replace violence with more pro-social behaviours. Controlling Anger Regulating Emotions (CARE) • Designed specifically for those who experience difficulties managing negative emotions. • Whilst the most common negative emotion is anger, others are explored. The programme identifies why people experience these emotions and introduces ways of controlling emotional arousal and a variety of skills to deal more effectively with anger-provoking situations. Youth Justice Programme • A rolling programme which targets general offending behaviour in medium-high risk 16-21 year old offenders. • There are essential modules required for behavioural analysis and plans upon release • There are optional modules which are used to directly target individual treatment needs and include: anger management, car crime, developing positive relationships, emotional management, fire-setting, problem solving, resisting peer pressure, substance misuse, and violence. • The programme is tailored to be responsive to the age group and as such incorporates games, DVD’s, exercises and practical tasks to enhance learning.
Do you have quality criteria for behaviour correctional/rehabilitation programs?A1 THE PROGRAMME RATIONALE IS CLEARLY STATED AND BASED ON ROBUST EVIDENCE OR REASONED ARGUMENT INFORMED BY RELEVANT THEORY. THE RATIONALE SHOULD INCLUDE: • Evidence of the need for such a programme in Scotland and the value of such a programme to the people of Scotland, including explanation of the ways in which it will contribute to reducing reoffending, promoting desistance and building a Safer and Stronger Scotland for all of her citizens • Details of the specific population for whom the programme is intended • A model of change that locates the programme’s role in the wider process of supporting desistance • Details of the criminogenic needs and/or desistance factors linked to and targeted by programme content • The intended outcomes of the programme. A2 THE PROGRAMME'S METHODS ARE CLEARLY STATED AND BASED ON ROBUST EVIDENCE OR REASONED ARGUMENT INFORMED BY RELEVANT THEORY. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE: • Methods to achieve intended programme outcomes • Methods to motivate and maintain engagement of participants • Methods to connect with and support individual participants in the wider processes of rehabilitation, sentence planning and case management, in order to support desistance. A3 THE PROGRAMME USES APPROPRIATE METHODS TO SELECT PARTICIPANTS AND ASSESS THEIR PROGRESS, METHODS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE OR ARE LIKELY TO BE SO IN THE LIGHT OF RELEVANT THEORY AND RESEARCH. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE: • Clear selection/exclusion criteria • An appropriate referral processes • Assessment methods and procedures for selection and identification of needs, risks and strengths • Methods and procedures for monitoring progress during the programme • Methods and procedures for evaluating progress at the end of the programme • Details of methods for reporting progress, both during and after the programme, including to those people responsible for sentence or case review and/or release/recall decision making • Means of securing feedback to and from participants, and, where relevant, others (for example, partners, family members, case managers, etc). A4 THE PROGRAMME DESIGN IS RESPONSIVE TO INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT’S CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS, ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION AND MAXIMISING BENEFIT FOR PARTICIPANTS. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE: • Clear attention to all stages of the programme (e.g. preparation, motivation and engagement, core delivery, maintenance and follow up) • Detail of programme length, composition (e.g. if rolling, or open/closed) and mode of delivery (e.g. group size and/or per individual) • Number, length and frequency of sessions • Sequencing of components • Means of supporting participants who have missed sessions or are experiencing difficulties • Processes for excluding/removing participants before programme completion • Processes for re-introducing participants • A clear account of how the programme contributes and relates to wider processes of rehabilitation, sentence planning and case management, to support desistance • Attending carefully to issues of diversity. A5 THE PROGRAMME DESIGN INCLUDES APPROPRIATE CRITERIA AND METHODS FOR SELECTION (AND, WHERE NECESSARY, DE-SELECTION) AND MANAGEMENT OF STAFF. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE: • Person specifications and role descriptions for managers and staff, including details of the knowledge, skills and values required to deliver the programme, including with respect to diversity issues; and also with respect to the complexity of the programme, degree of practitioner skill, and discretionary judgement involved in its effective and ethical delivery • Guidance on numbers and composition of programme staff • Selection and de-selection processes for programme staff that are recorded and transparent • Training (as defined within the Training Manual), supervision and support methods for all programme staff, including consideration of potential risks, and the provision of additional external support, where appropriate. (Programme staff can include: programme managers, delivery managers, case managers, psychometric testers, group workers – to permit full integration of programme management with case management to meet wider offender needs. All staff to be trained before delivering their part of the programme). A record of staff training is to be maintained. A6 THE SUBMISSION IDENTIFIES APPROPRIATE SUPPORT, RESOURCES AND CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION, INCLUDING SPECIFICATION OF HOW AND WHERE THE PROGRAMME FITS IN WITH WIDER SENTENCE PLANNING/CASE MANAGEMENT PROCESSES. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE: • Organisational support (strategic and practical) for the programme; clarity as to where it fits with wider service delivery plans and approaches • Specific resources required e.g. personnel, accommodation, materials • Methods for maintaining programme integrity e.g. change control processes devised • Monitoring, recording and auditing the delivery of programme sessions • Links to case management/sentence planning processes to support desistance • Links to any relevant risk assessment and risk management processes. A7 THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK, A PROGRAMME DESIGN THAT REFLECTS THIS FRAMEWORK, AND THE SPONSOR DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT TO CARRY THIS OUT. THIS REQUIRES ARRANGEMENTS FOR: • Ongoing internal monitoring of programme delivery, including procedures for collection of service user feedback • Commissioning and design of independent evaluation • Collection of data • Data analysis • Process evaluation • Qualitative data from participants and, where appropriate others (e.g. partners, family members, case managers, etc.) • Outcome evaluation • Formative and summative feedback to designers, sponsors and delivery agencies. A8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF THE PROGRAMME ARE CLEARLY AND EXPLICITLY STATED, AND AGREEMENT ON THE ROLE OF ANY EXTERNAL BODIES HAS BEEN SECURED. THIS REQUIRES ARRANGEMENTS FOR: • Quality assurance of programme delivery within delivery organisations • Quality assurance of training within delivery organisations • Written commitment from responsible officers in delivery organisations to deliver programmes as designed • For community based programmes, establishing a National Implementation Group comprising representatives of all local authorities and/or prisons involved in the delivery of a specific programme to oversee governance once initial implementation processes have been completed • Written agreements with regulatory or inspection bodies about procedures for the regulation and inspection of programme delivery.
How is the system of program accreditation organised, which criteria are used in it?In the light of recent developments in theory, research and practice, the Scottish Advisory Panel on Offender Rehabilitation (SAPOR) has both a revised remit and a new style of working. The remit now extends beyond accreditation of offending behaviour programmes to include offering advice on: analysing the need for new offender rehabilitation initiatives, developing practice strategies, processes and activities, and on evaluating them. With respect to accreditation specifically (but also more generally in all of its work), the Panel aims to promote and assist innovation and development, and not just to assess or examine the merits of them. In order to do this, the new Panel has developed an ‘iterative and dialogical’ style of working, including a new focus on early partnership working with programme sponsors and developers - from initial advice in response to the presentation of proposals before decisions are made about their sponsorship, through a ‘critical friend’ dialogue during programme development, to pre-accreditation presentation and dialogue with the Panel to allow designers to explore the extent to which best practice standards are being met, and how they might be better achieved or demonstrated. The following documentation is required and should form part of all full submissions: • A theory manual: a description of the theoretical basis for the programme and model of change. This should include clear and fully referenced research evidence to support the general approach with the target group of people who have offended and the specific methods named in the model. • A programme delivery manual: a description of each element in the programme in sufficient detail to enable well-trained staff to run the programme in the intended manner. This should also include all materials which will be used such as exercise scenarios and worksheets. The level of detail in the manual should reflect the skills level of the staff likely to be involved in delivery; for example, where the programme is only to be run by highly qualified and skilled staff, it may well be appropriate for the manual to be less prescriptive. • An assessment and evaluation manual: including all the assessment and evaluation instruments used in the programme and guidance on their administration; • A management manual: which should specify the tasks required of all staff involved in delivery of the programme and provide detail on the selection, supervision and performance appraisal of staff, and all other aspects of managing and monitoring the delivery of the programme in its intended context. The National Management Manual is an obvious place to start in this respect. • A staff training manual: detailing training material, the courses that each member of staff should attend and how competences will be assessed and performance reviewed. Each programme submitted for accreditation will be required to show evidence of each of the programme Design Standards. Programme Design Standards are based on theory and research evidence about effective interventions and supporting desistance, and articulate what the Panel view as being likely to be required in an accreditable programme. They are intentionally few in number and broad in their scope. It is open to developers to engage critically with these standards and to make a theoretically informed and evidence-based case as to why a given standard is not appropriate to a given programme.
Who are the experts in the accreditation panel?Psychologists, criminologists, social workers, social researchers, assorted academics.
For how long does a program get accreditation?5 years
How do you organise program re–accreditation?When a programme is being submitted for re-accreditation, the following material needs to be provided: • A new, comprehensive submission document (which should include an overview of the programme, an account of its development and a detailed account of how the programme meets each of the criteria which underpin the Design Standards); • An account of any changes made to the programme (based on the experience of delivery); • An updated theory manual (to take account of any emerging research or changes in the intervening years); • Evidence from independent evaluation, including process and outcome data. The decision to re-accredit, unlike the decision to accredit, should be based not just on evidence that the programme should work if delivered as designed, but also on evidence that it has worked during the initial accreditation period. However, it is open to developers and sponsors to bring forward a programme for reaccreditation in the absence of such evaluation evidence, if and only if a compelling explanation (for example about delivery issues) can be provided to account for the absence of such evidence.
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The goals of resocialisation programmes (social behaviour correction and social rehabilitation programmes) have the aim to reduce factors that influence criminal behaviour. The resocialisation programmes are mainly based on cognitive behavioural and social studies theory.
Do you have quality criteria for behaviour correctional/rehabilitation programs?Currently in Latvian Prison Administration has not developed quality evaluation criteria for resocialisation programmes. In addition, resocialisation programmes are not being accredited. Latvian Prison Administration in collaboration with the State Probation Service on 9th December 2016 signed an agreement with the Central Finance and Contracting Agency of the Republic of Latvia for the implementation of project No. 9.1.3.0/16/I/001 "Raising the efficiency of resocialization system" in the framework of which the resocialisation programme standard and the resocialisation programme accreditation system will be developed.
How is the system of program accreditation organised, which criteria are used in it?Currently resocialisation programmes are not being accredited.
Who are the experts in the accreditation panel?Currently resocialisation programmes are not being accredited.
For how long does a program get accreditation?Currently resocialisation programmes are not being accredited.
How do you organise program re–accreditation?Currently resocialisation programmes are not being accredited.
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The Ministry of Justice for England and Wales commissions both accredited and non-accredited programmes to help offenders change their behaviour and reform. Many are designed to reduce criminal behaviour and reoffending by addressing actors linked to reoffending/desistance outlined in table 1, page 15 of the 2014 Commissioning Evidence Base. Others are designed to help offenders settle into the prison environment, resettle into a community, or develop pro-social skills and behaviours. These may address: a. Motivational issues which may be explored in advance of taking part in an accredited programme b. Conflict resolution which supports a reduction in violence within an establishment. c. Counselling for victims of abuse d. Parenting and family support e. Drama or other arts-based interventions which may support the development of perspective taking and confidence f. Skills for empowering the individual to engage, or re-engage, with a positive life in the community; e.g. the skills required of a responsible tenant, employability, maintaining family relationships, and pro-social recreation The Ministry of Justice publishes Accreditation Criteria for accredited programmes; and will shortly publish a guide on Effective Principles and Rehabilitation Activities, for designers of services that are not accredited.
Do you have quality criteria for behaviour correctional/rehabilitation programs?There are eight criteria for accreditation: 1) A clear description 2) Rationale for enabling the reduction of reoffending and the promotion of desistance 3) Selects participants appropriately 4) Addresses factors relevant to the reduction of reoffending and the promotion of desistance 5) Skills orientated and constructive 6) Participant motivation, engagement and retention 7) Quality assurance 8) Evaluation of impact including that the service does no harm For reaccreditation, we apply an additional criterion: 9) Enduring effect
How is the system of program accreditation organised, which criteria are used in it?See above. We are taking steps to publish guidance on gov.uk, and will forward the link once it is available.
Who are the experts in the accreditation panel?Karen Payne, Deputy Director and Head of Commissioning Strategies in the Ministry of Justice chairs the panel. Appointed members are: Prof Rainer Banse, Prof Peer Briken, Prof James Byrne, Dr Daniel Clark, Ass Prof Joel Dvoskin, Dr Yolanda Fernandez, Dr Gerald Gaes, Prof Donald Grubin, Prof Raymond Hodgson, Prof Hazel Kemshall, Dr Daryl Kroner, Prof Alison Liebling, Prof Friedrich Losel, Prof Michael Maguire, Prof Shadd Maruna, Dr Robert McGrath, Prof James McGuire, Prof William Murphy, Dr Emma Palmer, Dr Barbara Rawlings, Prof Peter Raynor, Dr Stanley Renwick, Ass Prof Ralph Serin, Adj Prof Michael Seto, Ass Prof Paula Smith, Dr Heather Strang, Dr Lynn Stewart, Prof Faye Taxman, Leo Tigges, Prof John Weekes, Dr Stephen Wong. Co-opted members are: Dr Usama Hasan, Prof Anthea Hucklesby, Prof Andrew Silke, and Hannah Stuart
For how long does a program get accreditation?Both accreditation and reaccreditation normally last for five years.
How do you organise program re–accreditation?To be reaccredited, programmes must demonstrate they meet an additional ninth criteria. We remind programme owners that reaccreditation is due, inviting them to apply. If they choose not to do so, we remove the programme from the list of currently accredited programmes.
The Ministry of Justice for England and Wales commissions both accredited and non-accredited programmes to help offenders change their behaviour and reform. Many are designed to reduce criminal behaviour and reoffending by addressing actors linked to reoffending/desistance outlined in table 1, page 15 of the 2014 Commissioning Evidence Base - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidelines-for-services-commissioned-by-noms. Others are designed to help offenders settle into the prison environment, resettle into a community, or develop pro-social skills and behaviours. These may address: a. Motivational issues which may be explored in advance of taking part in an accredited programme b. Conflict resolution which supports a reduction in violence within an establishment. c. Counselling for victims of abuse d. Parenting and family support e. Drama or other arts-based interventions which may support the development of perspective taking and confidence f. Skills for empowering the individual to engage, or re-engage, with a positive life in the community; e.g. the skills required of a responsible tenant, employability, maintaining family relationships, and pro-social recreation The Ministry of Justice publishes Accreditation Criteria for accredited programmes; and will shortly publish a guide on Effective Principles and Rehabilitation Activities, for designers of services that are not accredited.
Do you have quality criteria for behaviour correctional/rehabilitation programs?There are eight criteria for accreditation: 1) A clear description 2) Rationale for enabling the reduction of reoffending and the promotion of desistance 3) Selects participants appropriately 4) Addresses factors relevant to the reduction of reoffending and the promotion of desistance 5) Skills orientated and constructive 6) Participant motivation, engagement and retention 7) Quality assurance 8) Evaluation of impact including that the service does no harm For reaccreditation, we apply an additional criterion: 9) Enduring effect
How is the system of program accreditation organised, which criteria are used in it?See above. We are taking steps to publish guidance on gov.uk, and will forward the link once it is available.
Who are the experts in the accreditation panel?Karen Payne, Deputy Director and Head of Commissioning Strategies in the Ministry of Justice chairs the panel. Appointed members are: Prof Rainer Banse, Prof Peer Briken, Prof James Byrne, Dr Daniel Clark, Ass Prof Joel Dvoskin, Dr Yolanda Fernandez, Dr Gerald Gaes, Prof Donald Grubin, Prof Raymond Hodgson, Prof Hazel Kemshall, Dr Daryl Kroner, Prof Alison Liebling, Prof Friedrich Losel, Prof Michael Maguire, Prof Shadd Maruna, Dr Robert McGrath, Prof James McGuire, Prof William Murphy, Dr Emma Palmer, Dr Barbara Rawlings, Prof Peter Raynor, Dr Stanley Renwick, Ass Prof Ralph Serin, Adj Prof Michael Seto, Ass Prof Paula Smith, Dr Heather Strang, Dr Lynn Stewart, Prof Faye Taxman, Leo Tigges, Prof John Weekes, Dr Stephen Wong. Co-opted members are: Dr Usama Hasan, Prof Anthea Hucklesby, Prof Andrew Silke, and Hannah Stuart
For how long does a program get accreditation?Both accreditation and reaccreditation normally last for five years.
How do you organise program re–accreditation?To be reaccredited, programmes must demonstrate they meet an additional ninth criteria. We remind programme owners that reaccreditation is due, inviting them to apply. If they choose not to do so, we remove the programme from the list of currently accredited programmes.
The correctional programmes available in Swedens Prison and Probation Service are based on CBT (except our 12-step program) and tailored for targeting different problem behaviours: • General criminality • Violence • Domestic violence • Sexual offending • Substance abuse
Do you have quality criteria for behaviour correctional/rehabilitation programs?The criteria are: 1. A clear model of change (there must be a clear model that describes how the programme achieves relevant behavior change) 2. Client selection (the programme must have a specific target group and tools for assessment) 3. Criminogenic risk factors (the programme must target relevant risk factors and there has to be evidence for methods used to change these risk factors) 4. Intensity and responsivity (the programme must meet the clients risk need and responsivity) 5. Programme integrity (there has to be a standardized way of training staff and a system for quality insurance) 6. Evidence in the Swedish prison and Probation Service (at least one study of the programmes effect on recidivism in the Swedish Prison and Probation Service combined with international studies has to reach a GRADE score of ++) There are three level of accreditation: • Program suggestion (the programme is reviewed in an early stage according to criteria 1-3) • Program accreditation (the programme is reviewed according to criteria 1-5) • Program accreditation with evidence of treatment effect within the Swedish prison and probation service (criteria 6)
How is the system of program accreditation organised, which criteria are used in it?The procedure of accreditation of programmes in Sweden is in accordance with the British accreditation model. Representants that are responsible for the development (if the programme is developed by Swedens Prison and Probation Service) and a pilot study distributes the documents needed to review the programme (an application that describes how the criterions are fulfilled, a pilot report, a theory manual, a programme manual, an evalutation manual and a training manual) to each member of the panel. At a meeting with the representants of Swedish Prison and Probation service and the accreditation panel the programme is reviewed in accordance to each criteria, where the programme has to pass each criteria. If the programme fails to pass any criteria the panel decides if it is possible to make changes that will make it possible to meet the criteria/criteria’s. Then a new meeting where the adjustments are presented is held within a year.
Who are the experts in the accreditation panel?The accreditation panel is an independent research panel consisting of well-qualified researchers in areas as clinical psychology and medicine.
For how long does a program get accreditation?There is no time limit for the accreditation of a programme (every second year the accreditation panel receive feedback on how the accredited programme is implemented in the prison and probation activities). After a period of time, the ambition is to evaluate the effect on recidivism, and if a programme does not have positive effects, it is removed from the list of correctional programmes.
How do you organise program re–accreditation?If there is a need to update the content or make any major changes in the application of a programme a re-accreditation is performed. A new application is then presented to the accreditation panel and the programme is reviewed with respect to the criterias that are relevant to the present modifications.
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I.P.S. Group Programme for Violent Offenders Group-based offending-related programmes include those adapted for violent (non-sexual) offenders. Currently these comprise: Anger management groups, Mentalization Based groups and the Building Better Lives Group for violent offenders which is based on group analytic principles. Group programmes in the IPS are not subject to a national accreditation process or panel. However psychologists involved in the delivery of these programmes are trained and supervised specifically in the mode of intervention. Mentalization Based Therapy Groups: Mentalizing refers to our ability to attend to mental states in ourselves and in others as we attempt to understand our own actions and those of others on the basis of intentional mental states. Mentalizing based therapy (MBT) is an integrative form of therapy including aspects from psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioural, ecological and systemic approaches. Those who have experienced poor early attachments may experience an impaired capacity for mentalizing. Among a forensic population, violence is strongly associated with a break-down in symbolization and mentalizing: What cannot be thought about, is acted out physically through violence. Initially developed for the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD), MBT has been successfully adapted for a wide range of disorders including anti-social personality disorder and violence. The MBT group currently run in the IPS is a foundation or preparation group of 12 sessions duration. It comprises between 8 and 12 participants for 90 minutes per session. It is delivered by two trained and supervised IPS psychologists. The aim of the programme is to improve mentalization including self and other awareness, perspective taking, empathy, emotional regulation including frustration tolerance, and to reduce violence. The BBL for Violent Offenders Prisoners who present with medium to high level need and risk in relation to violent offending may graduate from the MBT group to a more intensive BBL group. This is a therapeutic group programme for men who have been convicted of violent offences. It is informed by a group analytic model adapted to a forensic population. This means that attention is paid to the unconscious as well as the conscious motivations for offending as well as the here-and-now dynamics of the group. The group itself becomes the instrument of the therapy. The aim of the BBL is to help participants to (i) better understand how and why they committed past offences and (ii) to help them to plan and manage their future lives without violence, crime and drugs. The group is an open rolling group. It is comprised of 8 participants and is delivered by 2 trained and supervised psychologists. Participants may stay between 12 and 18 months in the group. Men who have successfully completed the programme have reported important benefits such as: Greater self-awareness and self-confidence; more hope for their future; improved relationships with their families, partners and children (a greater capacity for intimacy); a reduced need for substance abuse; a greater ability to cope with feelings like anger, guilt, fear, stress, jealousy etc; and fewer disciplinary reports whilst in prison.
Do you have quality criteria for behaviour correctional/rehabilitation programs?Programmes are selected based on best practise evidence and the what works literature.
How is the system of program accreditation organised, which criteria are used in it?We do not operate a system of program accreditation.
Who are the experts in the accreditation panel?Psychologists in the IPS Psychology Service select the programmes that are run by the Psychology service. Programmes that have an evidence base for the population we are working with are selected.
For how long does a program get accreditation?n/a
How do you organise program re–accreditation?n/a
Most correctional and rehabilitation programs are being developed upon scientific research and international experiences. High intensive programs targeting substance abuse have to go through a proces of accreditation.
How is the system of program accreditation organised, which criteria are used in it?The accreditation criterias are as follows: 1. A clear model of change 2. Selection of Offenders 3. Targeting Dynamic Risk Factors 4. Effective Methods 5. Skills Orientation 6. Sequencing, Intensity and Duration 7. Engagement and Motivation 8. Continuity of Programme and Services 9. Programme Integrity 10. Monitoring and Evaluation 11. Ethics The program, which is in the proces of accreditation, has to account for and meet all criterias.
Who are the experts in the accreditation panel?In Denmark the panel members are independent and therefore not tied to the Ministry of Justice or Correctional Services. They come from universities, research institutes and forensic treatment centers.
For how long does a program get accreditation?The accreditation of a program last for 5 years
How do you organise program re–accreditation?The Prison and Probation Service is annually monitoring each program which have been approved by the accredation panel. After a follow-up period of five years each program has to go through a proces of re-accreditation.
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