Lussier Patrick, Kouassi Pagnol Landry, Frechette Julien
School of Social Work and Criminology, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2025 Oct;69(13-14):1978-2006. doi: 10.1177/0306624X251349530. Epub 2025 Jul 8.
This study examines the role and importance of agency, defined as the ability to recognize personal issues and motivation to change. More specifically, the study aims to explore whether agency can help overcome criminogenic risk and needs in the context of community re-entry among justice-involved individuals. Based on a sample of 14,000 adult males sentenced to probation or incarceration, a series of survival analyses (e.g., Cox proportional hazards) were used to investigate the association between criminogenic risk and needs and agency-related indicators in relation to recidivism. The findings underscore the importance of criminogenic risks and needs while emphasizing the role of motivation to change as a possible moderator. Addressing criminogenic risk and needs while justice-involved individuals face numerous barriers and challenges make desistance from crime a long and difficult process, especially if interventions do not support agentic decisions and behaviors.
本研究考察了能动性的作用和重要性，能动性被定义为认识个人问题的能力和改变的动机。更具体地说，该研究旨在探讨在涉及司法事务的个人重新融入社区的背景下，能动性是否有助于克服犯罪风险和需求。基于对14000名被判处缓刑或监禁的成年男性的样本，一系列生存分析（如Cox比例风险模型）被用于调查犯罪风险和需求与再犯相关的能动性指标之间的关联。研究结果强调了犯罪风险和需求的重要性，同时强调了改变动机作为一种可能的调节因素的作用。当涉及司法事务的个人面临众多障碍和挑战时，应对犯罪风险和需求使得停止犯罪成为一个漫长而艰难的过程，特别是如果干预措施不支持能动性决策和行为的话。
