Research
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The Good Lives Model (GLM) as a research subject
grounding & research areas
The Good Lives Model (GLM) is a scientific model in criminology, psychology and social sciences. It is part of an active international research dynamic, driven by the international board and its francophone partners.
Developed in response to criticisms of the RNR model (Andrews & Bonta, 2010), the GLM has been the subject of extensive work on its effectiveness, clinical implementation and fidelity. It informs a wide range of research areas: desistance, victimology, mental health, restorative justice, positive rehabilitation and the criminology of trust.
Desistance & life trajectories
Articulation between primary goods, desistance mechanisms and identity construction beyond offending.
Forensic mental health
Links between psychiatric disorders, agency, risk factors and good lives plans in medico-legal contexts.
Adversity & trauma-informed approaches (victimology, aggression studies)
Integration of traumatic trajectories into GLM formulation and consideration of victimisation experiences in life plans.
Restorative justice & GLM
Convergences between the GLM and the criminology of trust — responsibility, reparation and generative justice.
Model fidelity
Assessment of the clinical implementation of the GLM via the FID-GLM — measuring fidelity and improving practice.
Sexual violence, child sexual abuse material & domestic violence
The GLM’s original application to sexual violence, extended to domestic violence.
Violent radicalisation, supremacism, religious, political and gender separatism
Application of the GLM to various forms of offending, including radicalisation pathways and use of new substances.
Specificities for minors
Application of the GLM to young people (interventions derived from G-MAP) in prevention or under judicial measures.
Examples : urban violence, prostitution, trafficking, radicalisation…
Key French-language reference publications on Fidelity / supervision in GLM
RICPTS · 2021
E. Dieu, E. Zinsstag, T. Ward et al. — Dossier spécial Criminologie de la confiance et Good Lives Model (GLM). Revue Internationale de Criminologie et de Police Technique et Scientifique.
In particular
Int. Journal of Offender Therapy · 2022
Prescott, D.S., Willis, G., Ward, T. — Monitoring Therapist Fidelity to the Good Lives Model (GLM). International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 1–17.
International reference for the Good Practice Fidelity tool (Fid-GLM)
RICPTS · 2021
Heffernan, R., Ward, T., Dieu, E., Lievens, J. — Réhabilitation positive : conceptualisation du cas et du plan de suivi.
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