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Abstract: 

This article examines the results and benefits of a need-focused program operated by St. Leonard’s Society of Toronto’s Crossroads Day Reporting Centre (CDRC). The CDRC program is informed by the RNR Model but, as the authors note, dealing only with the prescribed criminogenic needs related to criminal behavior is not sufficient if the offender has not achieved a reasonable level of community stabilization. The Crossroads Centre often sees homeless, unemployed, and marginalized offenders who are expected to attain a degree of self-sufficiency and cope with the demands of parole and community, but who sometimes perceive, when these demands become overwhelming, that they would be better off in prison. The authors suggest that these often-encountered noncriminogenic needs become risk factors that, if not addressed, hamper efforts to defeat recidivism. In addition to outcomes, the authors brief review the genesis and operation of the program, program components, and community-based support services.

Keywords: Level of Service Inventory Revised (LSI-R); Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) guidelines; action plans

Affiliations:  1: St. Leonard’s Society of Toronto’s Crossroads Day Reporting Centre; 2: St. Leonard’s Society of Toronto’s Crossroads Day Reporting Centre.