Motivational Interviewing (motivational therapy or motivational interviewing therapy) may be described as an approach that promotes change and is suitable for use in a prison or community supervision setting with involuntary “clients”.

Community activism programs aim to transform attitudes, behaviors, and social and gender norms that have an impact on unequal power relations between men and women. Their target audience is the general population, not just victims and aggressors, or potential victims and aggressors.

The “Cure Violence” programs seek to apply public health methodologies and strategies used in the containment and reversal of epidemics to act preventively in situations of violence by detecting and interrupting conflicts and incidents.

Boot Camps are programs for adolescent or adult offenders designed as alternatives to incarceration or non-custodial measures, such as probation. They are modeled on the operating regimen of military boot camps and involve activities such as drills, ceremonies, and physical training. Rigorous daily schedules are followed and may include punishments for misbehavior that often involve physical activities. Programs differ in content and the provision of physical and therapeutic activities, which may include training, substance abuse treatment, and cognitive skills enhancement.

DUI Policing increases the perception and real risk of the police identifying and arresting drivers who are driving under the influence of alcohol.
There are two ways of policing drivers under the influence of alcohol: sobriety checkpoints and police patrols.

There are two interrogation methods: information gathering and accusatory. Information gathering is used in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, and Western Europe, and is characterized by report production, truth-seeking, and active listening. The accusatory approach is used mainly in the United States and Canada, and focuses on accusation, confrontation, psychological manipulation, and rejection of denials.

This category includes psychological, psychosocial, or other interventions developed specifically for people convicted of sexual offenses with the goal of preventing recidivism.
These programs are often designed using various modalities and methods, such as psychotherapeutic interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and/or so-called Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA), which offer assistance and monitoring of sexual offenders in the community, as well as cognitive behavioral interventions to reduce the likelihood of recidivism of sexual assault behaviors.

This type of intervention includes programs aimed at preventing and/or reducing aggressive or violent behavior among school-age children and adolescents.

Case Management is an approach that revolves around the “client” (inmates and those supervised in a community setting) to improve the coordination and continuity of service delivery resulting from the risk and needs assessment, especially for individuals with substance use disorders and multiple and complex support needs.
Case Management involves the regular accompaniment of individuals, which helps them identify needed services, facilitates articulation with services, and promotes participation in rehabilitation services and activities.

“ Procedural Justice” is a concept that seeks to highlight the importance of the quality of treatment given by public servants in general, and in particular by those who have the authority to use force. It also emphasizes the importance of procedural elements and the relationships developed between citizens and authorities for the quality of decisions and the perceived legitimacy of institutions in the eyes of citizens in general and those who become part of legal processes in particular.