Cognitive Skills Behavior Programs For Offenders In The Community: A Reconviction Analysis  

Oleh:

Hollin, Clive R. ; McGuire, James ; Hounsome, Juliet C. ; Hatcher, Ruth M. ; Bilby, Charlotte A.L. ; Palmer, Emma J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Criminal Justice and Behavior vol. 35 no. 3 (Mar. 2009), page 269-283.
Topik: offending behavior programs; evaluation; reconviction; noncompletion; community interventions
Fulltext: 269.pdf (117.13KB)

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This study presents the findings of an evaluation of the effect on reconviction of three general offending behavior programs involving adult male offenders in the English and Welsh Probation Service. Using a quasi-experimental design controlling for population factors, there was no difference in the reconviction rates of offenders allocated to programs and a comparison group. Offenders who completed a program had a lower rate of reconviction compared to the nonstarter, noncompleter, and comparison groups. A range of explanations for this “completion effect” is discussed, particularly with regard to the emerging literature on readiness to change

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