Risk-Need-Responsivity

RNR Training Series

Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) is a framework that draws from human service delivery and core clinical principles to guide the assessment, case management, and rehabilitation of persons involved in the justice system. RNR is built upon basic tenets that programs, services, and interventions delivered to people involved with the justice system should be: (1) Delivered with respect for the person, (2) Based upon psychological theory and empirical evidence, and (3) Sanctions alone are unlikely to produce reductions in offending behavior. Research demonstrates that reoffending outcomes can be improved when practitioners align programs and practices with three principles: Risk, Need, and Responsivity.

Mapping RNR to the Massachusetts Drug Court Model

Provides an overview of how RNR maps onto NADCP Best Practice Standards and the Massachusetts Drug Court model and clinician’s role in these processes. Provides information on the Office of Community Corrections as a major provider of treatment and rehabilitative services targeting conditions that co-occur with substance use disorders and drive offending behavior.

Please note, in this training we are using the term Drug Court to refer to both Drug Court and Recovery Court.