Cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation for high-risk violent offenders: an outcome evaluation of the violence prevention unit.  

Oleh:

Polaschek, Devon L. L. ; Wilson, Nick ; Townsend, Marilyn R. ; Daly, Lorna R.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Interpersonal Violence vol. 20 no. 12 (Dec. 2005), page 1611.
Topik: High-Risk Violent Offenders; Offender Rehabilitation; Cognitivebehavioral Program; Program Evaluation; Recidivism Outcomes
Fulltext: 1611.pdf (119.67KB)

Isi artikel

Rehabilitation programs for adult violent offending are still novel, and few published studies examine the recidivism outcomes of those who complete such programs. This study describes a New Zealand prison program for high-risk violent men. The program is intensive and cognitive behavioral. Preliminary outcome data are presented for three indices during 2 or more years of follow-up: nonviolent reconviction, violent reconviction, and subsequent imprisonment. In comparison with untreated offenders, treated men were less likely to be reconvicted of a violent offense, and those who were took longer to fail. There was also a 12% difference in favor of the treated men on the two other indices, nonviolent reconviction and reimprisonment. The authors conclude that the program shows early promise and that further evaluation with a larger sample of treated men will be important in clarifying whether the programis having a differential impact on violent versus nonviolent offending.

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