James Bonta
Biographic Data
| ID | 1913172 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Bonta |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Bonta |
| SIGNATURE | BONTA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Public Safety Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 466 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A system-wide implementation and evaluation of the Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision (STICS)
Adult Offender Assessment and Classification in Custodial Settings
This chapter describes the developments that have occurred over the past three decades in the area of offender assessment and classification, including discussion of why offender classification is so vital to correctional agencies. The importance of using actuarial approaches to predicting the risk of reoffending and danger to others is discussed, as well as the inclusion of static and dynamic factors on composite measures of offender risk and ne…
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Sixth Edition, provides a psychological and evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many criminological and mental health explanations of criminal behavior. Drawing upon the General Personality and Cognitive Social Learning theory, James Bonta and Donald Andrews provide an overview of the theoretical context and major knowledge base of the psychology of criminal conduct, discu…
A theoretically informed meta-analysis of the risk for general and violent recidivism for mentally disordered offenders
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Fifth Edition, discusses the psychology of criminal behavior, drawing upon general personality, as well as cognitive-behavioral and cognitive social learning perspectives. The book consists of 15 chapters, which are organized into four sections. Part 1 provides an overview of theoretical context and major knowledge base of the psychology of criminal conduct. Part 2 discusses the eight major risk/need factors of…
An Experimental Demonstration of Training Probation Officers in Evidence-Based Community Supervision
The present study evaluated a training program for probation officers based on the risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model of offender rehabilitation. A total of 80 officers were randomly assigned to either training or a no training condition. The probation officers then recruited 143 probationers and audiotaped their sessions at the beginning of supervision, 3 months later, and 6 months later. The audiotapes were coded with respect to the officers’ a…
The Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Model
The risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model has been widely regarded as the premier model for guiding offender assessment and treatment. The RNR model underlies some of the most widely used risk-needs offender assessment instruments, and it is the only theoretical model that has been used to interpret the offender treatment literature. Recently, the good lives model (GLM) has been promoted as an alternative and enhancement to RNR. GLM sets itself apar…
Rehabilitating criminal justice policy and practice
For over 30 years, criminal justice policy has been dominated by a "get tough" approach to offenders. Increasing punitive measures have failed to reduce criminal recidivism and instead have led to a rapidly growing correctional system that has strained government budgets. The inability of reliance on official punishment to deter crime is understandable within the context of the psychology of human conduct. However, this knowledge was largely igno…
Exploring the Black Box of Community Supervision
Community supervision has been an integral part of corrections since the establishment of probation more than 100 years ago. It has commonly been assumed that offenders benefit from community supervision much more than if they were incarcerated. However, empirical evidence in support of the effectiveness of community supervision in reducing recidivism questions this assumption. A detailed examination of audio taped interviews between 62 probation…
The Recent Past and Near Future of Risk and/or Need Assessment
The prediction of criminal and violent recidivism among mentally disordered offenders
The prediction of criminal and violent recidivism among mentally disordered offenders
A meta-analysis was conducted to examine whether the predictors of recidivism for mentally disordered offenders are different from the predictors for nondisordered offenders. Effect sizes were calculated for 35 predictors of general recidivism and 27 predictors of violent recidivism drawn from 64 unique samples. The results showed that the major predictors of recidivism were the same for mentally disordered offenders as for nondisordered offender…
Inmate classification
Classification for Effective Rehabilitation
Four principles of classification for effective rehabilitation are reviewed: risk, need, responsivity, and professional override. Many examples of Case x Treatment interactions are presented to illustrate the principles.
Does Correctional Treatment Work? A Clinically Relevant and Psychologically Informed Meta‐analysis
Careful reading of the literature on the psychology of criminal conduct and of prior reviews of studies of treatment effects suggests that neither criminal sanctioning without provision of rehabilitative service nor servicing without reference to clinical principles of rehabilitation will succeed in reducing recidivism. What works, in our view, is the delivery of appropriate correctional service, and appropriate service reflects three psychologic…
Classification to Halfway Houses
Faced with prison overcrowding, institutions must seek alternatives to imprisonment. An under researched possibility is the use of halfway houses for the placement of offenders serving prison sentences. The LSI, an objective risk classification instrument, was administered to inmates from three jails. Low‐scoring inmates from two of the jails were flagged for placement in correctional halfway houses, and the third jail was blind to LSI scores. Th…
A Human Science Approach or More Punishment and Pessimism
Prison crowding
Prison crowding
Does Correctional Treatment Work? A Clinically Relevant and Psychologically Informed Meta‐analysis
Careful reading of the literature on the psychology of criminal conduct and of prior reviews of studies of treatment effects suggests that neither criminal sanctioning without provision of rehabilitative service nor servicing without reference to clinical principles of rehabilitation will succeed in reducing recidivism. What works, in our view, is the delivery of appropriate correctional service, and appropriate service reflects three psychologic…
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Fifth Edition, discusses the psychology of criminal behavior, drawing upon general personality, as well as cognitive-behavioral and cognitive social learning perspectives. The book consists of 15 chapters, which are organized into four sections. Part 1 provides an overview of theoretical context and major knowledge base of the psychology of criminal conduct. Part 2 discusses the eight major risk/need factors of…
Rehabilitating criminal justice policy and practice
For over 30 years, criminal justice policy has been dominated by a "get tough" approach to offenders. Increasing punitive measures have failed to reduce criminal recidivism and instead have led to a rapidly growing correctional system that has strained government budgets. The inability of reliance on official punishment to deter crime is understandable within the context of the psychology of human conduct. However, this knowledge was largely igno…
The prediction of criminal and violent recidivism among mentally disordered offenders
A meta-analysis was conducted to examine whether the predictors of recidivism for mentally disordered offenders are different from the predictors for nondisordered offenders. Effect sizes were calculated for 35 predictors of general recidivism and 27 predictors of violent recidivism drawn from 64 unique samples. The results showed that the major predictors of recidivism were the same for mentally disordered offenders as for nondisordered offender…
Classification to Halfway Houses
Faced with prison overcrowding, institutions must seek alternatives to imprisonment. An under researched possibility is the use of halfway houses for the placement of offenders serving prison sentences. The LSI, an objective risk classification instrument, was administered to inmates from three jails. Low‐scoring inmates from two of the jails were flagged for placement in correctional halfway houses, and the third jail was blind to LSI scores. Th…
A Human Science Approach or More Punishment and Pessimism
Inmate classification
Prison crowding
Prison crowding
Classification for Effective Rehabilitation
Four principles of classification for effective rehabilitation are reviewed: risk, need, responsivity, and professional override. Many examples of Case x Treatment interactions are presented to illustrate the principles.
Does Correctional Treatment Work? A Clinically Relevant and Psychologically Informed Meta‐analysis
Careful reading of the literature on the psychology of criminal conduct and of prior reviews of studies of treatment effects suggests that neither criminal sanctioning without provision of rehabilitative service nor servicing without reference to clinical principles of rehabilitation will succeed in reducing recidivism. What works, in our view, is the delivery of appropriate correctional service, and appropriate service reflects three psychologic…
Classification to Halfway Houses
Faced with prison overcrowding, institutions must seek alternatives to imprisonment. An under researched possibility is the use of halfway houses for the placement of offenders serving prison sentences. The LSI, an objective risk classification instrument, was administered to inmates from three jails. Low‐scoring inmates from two of the jails were flagged for placement in correctional halfway houses, and the third jail was blind to LSI scores. Th…
A Human Science Approach or More Punishment and Pessimism
Inmate classification
The prediction of criminal and violent recidivism among mentally disordered offenders
The prediction of criminal and violent recidivism among mentally disordered offenders
A meta-analysis was conducted to examine whether the predictors of recidivism for mentally disordered offenders are different from the predictors for nondisordered offenders. Effect sizes were calculated for 35 predictors of general recidivism and 27 predictors of violent recidivism drawn from 64 unique samples. The results showed that the major predictors of recidivism were the same for mentally disordered offenders as for nondisordered offender…
The Recent Past and Near Future of Risk and/or Need Assessment
Exploring the Black Box of Community Supervision
Community supervision has been an integral part of corrections since the establishment of probation more than 100 years ago. It has commonly been assumed that offenders benefit from community supervision much more than if they were incarcerated. However, empirical evidence in support of the effectiveness of community supervision in reducing recidivism questions this assumption. A detailed examination of audio taped interviews between 62 probation…
Rehabilitating criminal justice policy and practice
For over 30 years, criminal justice policy has been dominated by a "get tough" approach to offenders. Increasing punitive measures have failed to reduce criminal recidivism and instead have led to a rapidly growing correctional system that has strained government budgets. The inability of reliance on official punishment to deter crime is understandable within the context of the psychology of human conduct. However, this knowledge was largely igno…
An Experimental Demonstration of Training Probation Officers in Evidence-Based Community Supervision
The present study evaluated a training program for probation officers based on the risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model of offender rehabilitation. A total of 80 officers were randomly assigned to either training or a no training condition. The probation officers then recruited 143 probationers and audiotaped their sessions at the beginning of supervision, 3 months later, and 6 months later. The audiotapes were coded with respect to the officers’ a…
The Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Model
The risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model has been widely regarded as the premier model for guiding offender assessment and treatment. The RNR model underlies some of the most widely used risk-needs offender assessment instruments, and it is the only theoretical model that has been used to interpret the offender treatment literature. Recently, the good lives model (GLM) has been promoted as an alternative and enhancement to RNR. GLM sets itself apar…
A theoretically informed meta-analysis of the risk for general and violent recidivism for mentally disordered offenders
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Fifth Edition, discusses the psychology of criminal behavior, drawing upon general personality, as well as cognitive-behavioral and cognitive social learning perspectives. The book consists of 15 chapters, which are organized into four sections. Part 1 provides an overview of theoretical context and major knowledge base of the psychology of criminal conduct. Part 2 discusses the eight major risk/need factors of…
Adult Offender Assessment and Classification in Custodial Settings
This chapter describes the developments that have occurred over the past three decades in the area of offender assessment and classification, including discussion of why offender classification is so vital to correctional agencies. The importance of using actuarial approaches to predicting the risk of reoffending and danger to others is discussed, as well as the inclusion of static and dynamic factors on composite measures of offender risk and ne…
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Sixth Edition, provides a psychological and evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many criminological and mental health explanations of criminal behavior. Drawing upon the General Personality and Cognitive Social Learning theory, James Bonta and Donald Andrews provide an overview of the theoretical context and major knowledge base of the psychology of criminal conduct, discu…
A system-wide implementation and evaluation of the Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision (STICS)
Psychology (15 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (13 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (9 works) · Criminology (9 works) · Applied Psychology (8 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Recidivism (6 works)