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Cognitive Restructuring  >  Criminogenic Needs

Criminogenic Needs

Sometimes recycling is not a great idea!      

Criminogenics is the study of specific needs that must be addressed in order to habilitate criminal offenders and achieve lower recidivism rates. Criminogenic studies show that offenders cycle through the current criminal justice/probation system at the rate of 70% - 90%!

The following diagram illustrates the importance of an effective cognitive restructuring program that can successfully intervene in offenders' self-defeating thoughts and behaviors.

Criminal Justice Agencies

* Although the criminal justice system doesn't address core criminogenic needs, it still remains the most important deterrent against crime.

** This group does address core criminogenic needs. But recidivism rates remain high.


ACCI curriculum addresses the following high-risk factors (criminogenic needs) in the development of its cognitive life skills curriculum:

ANTISOCIAL VALUES AND BEHAVIORS
PRO CRIMINAL ASSOCIATIONS
FREE-FLOATING HOSTILITY
LOW VERBAL INTELLIGENCE
LACK OF SELF-CONTROL
WEAK PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS                           
DETACHMENT DISORDERS
LEARNING DISORDERS
SELF-DECEPTION AND JUSTIFICATION                                              
OBJECTIFICATION                                                   
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SEXUAL ADDICTION
AUTHORITY PROBLEMS
SELFISHNESS AND SELF-CENTEREDNESS
CONTROLLING, JEALOUS
MEANNESS, BULLYING
IMPATIENCE, INSTANT GRATIFICATION
DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
LACK OF LOVE OR AFFECTION
POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS
LACK OF PROPER PARENTING SKILLS
ABUSIVE NATURE
POOR HYGIENE
DISORGANIZED
FAILED RELATIONSHIPS
PROCRASTINATION
FOUL LANGUAGE
POOR DECISION-MAKING SKILLS
LOW INCOME, WELFARE
SUBCONSCIOUS SCRIPTING
LACK OF EMPLOYMENT SKILLS
CRIMINAL HISTORY
FANTASIZING

No matter what is said, the truth is in the results. If your program can not substantially reduce recidivism rates by 20% -30%, then the truth is, it is not effective regardless of what the brochure says.