Balancing Sex Offender Treatment with Community Risk

Assignment

2:

Balancing

Sex

Offender

Treatment

with

Community

Risk

The process of rehabilitation has two broad aims: helping the offender

identify and change mala

daptive patterns of thinking and behavior and

reintegrating the offender into the community in a way that does not

compromise public safety. In this module, your assigned readings have

exposed you to two different models of sex offender rehabilitation: the

RNR model and the GLM.

Using the module's readings, the Argosy University online library

resources, the Internet, and professional literature, conduct additional

research on the RNR model and the GLM.

Based on your research, respond to the following:

·

Brie

fly describe the essential features of the RNR model and the GLM and

analyze their strengths.

·

Provide an opinion about whether both models are equally effective in

enhancing community safety.

·

Provide an opinion about whether both models are equally effecti

ve in

promoting offender welfare.

·

Discuss two ethical issues that the forensic professional should consider

when choosing between these two models of offender rehabilitation.

Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Your response should rely upon at lea

st two additional sources from the

professional literature. Professional literature may include the Argosy

University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer

-

reviewed

journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations,

agencies

, or institutions (.edu, .gov, and the apa.org website).

Compile your research in a 1

-

to 2

-

page Microsoft Word document.

Assignment 2: Balancing Sex Offender

Treatment with Community Risk

The process of rehabilitation has two broad aims: helping the offender

identify and change maladaptive patterns of thinking and behavior and

reintegrating the offender into the community in a way that does not

compromise public safety. In this module, your assigned readings have

exposed you to two different models of sex offender rehabilitation: the

RNR model and the GLM.

Using the module's readings, the Argosy University online library

resources, the Internet, and professional literature, conduct additional

research on the RNR model and the GLM.

Based on your research, respond to the following:

 Briefly describe the essential features of the RNR model and the GLM and

analyze their strengths.

 Provide an opinion about whether both models are equally effective in

enhancing community safety.

 Provide an opinion about whether both models are equally effective in

promoting offender welfare.

 Discuss two ethical issues that the forensic professional should consider

when choosing between these two models of offender rehabilitation.

Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Your response should rely upon at least two additional sources from the

professional literature. Professional literature may include the Argosy

University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed

journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations,

agencies, or institutions (.edu, .gov, and the apa.org website).

Compile your research in a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document.