Canberra Reintegrative Shaming Experiments

This is a program designed to measure the impact of restorative justice using the Wagga Wagga model as an alternative to the conventional judicial procedure.
This model was based on the perception of justice generated by victims and offenders, as well as the overall satisfaction with the encounter between them. During this period, offender, victim, and supporters of both parties discussed the crime, its impact and consequences, and sought an agreement on how the offender could remedy the situation in the near future.

Visitation Program to Reduce Coercive Parenting (Jamaica)

This refers to an intervention aimed at reducing coercive parenting that was implemented by the Ministry of National Security of Jamaica and targeted caregivers of children aged 6 to 15 years in vulnerable communities in that country.
Specifically, it consisted of a program of visits to caregivers by a professional specialized in parent/caregiver training and education over six months. During this period, parents were also invited to three group training workshop sessions.

Amity In-Prison Therapeutic Community

This is a voluntary intensive treatment program in a residential unit for men in conflict with the law who have a history of substance use problems in the last 9 to 12 months before their sentence. The aim is to prepare inmates for reentry into the community after serving their sentence. Treatment lasts 12 months and is carried out in three phases:
1) The first phase (two to three months) includes counseling, clinical assessment of the participants’ needs, and problematic areas in their lives;

IMAGE Program (South Africa)

The Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) program (better known as “IMAGE”) is an intervention that has employed an integrated approach between microcredit initiatives focused on poverty reduction (with special attention to the poorest women in the communities). It has a participatory social empowerment component that includes 10 “transformative” group sessions, as well as community actions related to gender issues, violence, and gender and AIDS education initiatives.

Minnesota Prison-Based Sex Offender Treatment Program

This is a program for the treatment of incarcerated men who have committed sexual crimes. The program offers cognitive restructuring therapy and support services during the transition process from the prison system to the community.
The intervention consists of five components:
1) Weekly group therapy sessions;
2) Chemical dependency treatment;
3) Family education and/or support system;
4) Psycho-educational programs;
5) Weekly community groups and meetings.

Forever Free

This program uses the therapeutic residential model to treat incarcerated women who abuse drugs.
Inmates are monitored for six months through individual counseling, workshops, educational seminars, 12-step programs, and urine tests to detect drug abuse. Individual and group counseling covers topics such as self-esteem; anger management; assertiveness training; healthy versus abusive relationships; abuse and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; co-dependency; motherhood; sex; and health.

Collaborative Behavioral Management in Six Sites

This is a collaborative behavior management program among police officers, treatment managers, and probationers. The goal is to reduce recidivism and substance use.
The program promotes collaborative sessions for police officers to learn from treatment managers techniques for managing problematic behaviors of supervisees so as to reduce punitive reactions to specific offenses. The initial meeting is attended by the director, while the other 12 sessions are held between the officer and the participant, with biweekly supervision by the treatment director.

Disarmament Statute (Brazil)

This intervention is based on the law that creates the National Weapons Registration System (SINARM). This is a Brazilian Federal Law, which restricted the trade of firearms and prohibited possession for the vast majority of the population. The emphasis of the Law is on limiting the acquisition of firearms only to exceptional cases, with the approval of a psychological examination and a shooting course, plus the payment of a fee of approximately US$1,000, and restricting access to firearms to those with a criminal record.