II. Matching Offenders and Services

Need:

The Need Principle identifies what criminogenic needs should be targeted by the services. Low self-control, anti-social personality, anti-social values, criminal peers, substance abuse, dysfunctional family, and criminal thinking patterns are the most common criminogenic needs of offenders. Services that target non-criminogenic factors, such as anxiety and low self-esteem, or that target needs other than those of an individual offender, do not contribute to the mission of recidivism reduction.