Feasibility and Implementation Pathways of MBTI as an Adjunct Tool for Precision Community Correction Under the Stratified Management and Differentiated Correction Framework
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Global community correction practices have generally established the evidence-based correction framework centered on the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model. China’s localized Stratified Management and Differentiated Correction (SMDC) system has also formed a basic institutional framework of hierarchical supervision and staged education; however, it still faces core dilemmas including chaotic classification hierarchy, insufficient pertinence of correction plans, and homogenization of staged intervention, especially a prominent practical gap in the responsivity dimension of the RNR model. As a personality preference identification tool, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), though cannot replace standardized recidivism risk assessment, can provide structured references for responsive adaptation of correctional interventions. Based on China’s SMDC system and anchored in the core RNR theory, this study constructs a three-tier progressive classification system of “supervision level-criminogenic needs-personality preference” for community correction, systematically analyzes the feasibility of embedding MBTI into the whole process of “investigation and assessment–classified managemen - classified correction” in community correction, clarifies its core value in refining classification basis, improving correctional compliance, and optimizing staged dynamic intervention, and further proposes a full-chain implementation pathway in line with ethical norms and practical requirements. This study not only fills the localized research gap in the responsivity dimension of community correction but also offers a replicable, low-cost model for personality-adapted intervention in global evidence-based correction practices, particularly for developing countries with limited professional resources.
Authors: Mengyi Shi, Yuming Chen
Institution: Guangzhou College of Commerce
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7165029116