accredited programmes aim to reduce reoffending by getting offenders to address offending behaviour and challenging their attitudes and beliefs. They are intense courses that can be long . The programmes that the probation service delivers in Lancashire are: Thinking Skills Programme A thinking skills group work programme designed to help change thoughts, attitudes and values behind criminal behaviour. Addressing Substance Related Offending It is a behaviour programme that looks at reducing substance abuse and preventing re-offending. Its focus is on changing attitude and solving problems. Drink Impaired Driving For offences of driving with excess alcohol or linked offences. Sex Offender Group work Programme (SOGP) For adult male offenders who have committed sexual offences. Specialist assessment is required for this intensive programme. Internet Sex Offender Programme - ISOP For male offenders with convictions for internet only sex offences. It is designed to reduce the risk of future internet offending and progression to contact sex offending. Controlling Anger and Learning to Manage - CALM - A programme for male offenders to reduce aggressive and offending behaviour through teaching social skills, emotional management and cognitive techniques Community Domestic violence Programme - CDVP- A programme for male Offenders to reduce/stop acts of domestic violence against partners/ex-partners thus reducing the risk of repeat victimisation. Managing Sexual and Violent Offenders Lancashire Probation Trust, along with Lancashire Constabulary and Her Majesty's Prison Service work closely together under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) to manage high risk sexual or violent offenders. The agencies assess the risk, then prepare and implement plans to minimise it. This work is supported by a range of other agencies which have a duty to cooperate, including local authority housing, education and social services, the health service and job centres, and a Youth Offending Team. Supervising Offenders Released from Prison Every offender sentenced to 12 months or more in prison is required to be supervised in the community for a proportion of their sentence. Probation staff work closely with HMPS to help prepare offenders for release. This might involve helping to secure accommodation, reinstating family ties and finding employment. Probation staff also supervise prisoners who have been released on a life licence (usually after they have served part or all of a life sentence). This means that the offender has to regularly meet with probation staff for the rest of their life. Working with Victims Lancashire Probation Trust employ dedicated victim liaison officers who