Four Principles of the Effective Intervention Movement

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Four Principles of the Effective Intervention Movement

Introduction

In Judicial Assistance, there are principles formulated for persuasive and effective intervention. Intervention is a legal process, in which a non-party intervenes in an ongoing judicial proceeding, to provide facts. However, it must be kept in mind that law issues will apply equally to the intervener, as to any of the guilty party. The permission to intervene has to be taken from the judge through a petition, and judge has the rights to approve or reject the submitted petition. Intervention must not be confused with joinder, in which all parties that have similar issues amalgamate in the same proceeding to prevent repeated trials.

Principally, there are four general principles which apply upon effective intervention. The four principles includes (1) The Risk Principle, (2) The Need Principle, (3) The Treatment Principle and (4) The Responsivity Principle. There principles, at different extents, measure the effectiveness of intervention is a lawsuit (Pealer, J. A. 2004).

Discussion

The in-depth discussion upon each particular principle is expanded in this second phase of the paper. The details of four principles on effective intervention are given as follows.

The Risk Principle

In last couple of decades, the significance of the risk principle has considerably increased in many judicial proceedings. The Risk Principle simply states that offenders should be provided with supervision and management that are appropriate with their risk levels. However, there is certain degree of confusion about the connotation of the risk principle.

Risk is primarily considered as the likelihood of being getting re-offended. Low-risk offenders are considered those who possess a relatively low chance of being getting re-offended. Whereas, high-risk offenders have high possibility of being getting re-offended. This legal principle works upon the same foundations as of actuarial sciences. For Example, A person who smokes will have more expensive life insurance as compare to a non-smoker person of the same age. The reason behind is that smoker has a higher risk of health problem. Similarly, offender that uses drugs have a high-risk of bring getting reoffended, than someone who does not use drugs. This made is clear that risk principle is effective in intervening for high-risk offenders. Whereas, low-risk offenders should have to entertain with less intensified supervision and treatment.

The Need Principle

In contrast to Risk Principle that talks about “Who”, The Need principle states about “What”. Risk Principle is more related to external aspects, whereas, need principle is more focused on the characteristics of the offender. The Principle caters to some human characteristics are criminogenic, means that they possess a higher probability of committing future crimes. Unlike non-criminogenic individuals who possess less likelihood of committing crimes. It states that interventions should be provided to those offenders characteristic, i.e. criminogenic, that has the most probability of being getting re-offended. Primarily there are two type of risk factoring characteristics that increases the chance of recidivism. The first form is “Static Characteristics”, such risk factoring characteristics includes age, gender, income, number of convictions or any drug ...