Crime Treatment in Europe: A Review of Outcome Studies

Redondo, Santiago; Sánchez‐Meca, Julio; Garrido, Vicente

doi:10.1002/9780470713464.ch4

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“…These same results have been found in samples of juvenile delinquents (mean r = 0.24, compared to 0.04), female offenders (mean r = 0.27, compared to 0.08), and violent offenders (mean r = 0.19, compared to 0.01; Andrews, 1999a,b, 2000). These findings are consistent with a robust literature suggesting that cognitive-behavioural programmes are the most effective treatment modality in reducing recidivism across a wide variety of offender groups (e.g., Hanson et a/., Lipsey et al, 2001;Redondo et al, 2002;Pearson et al, 2002;Salekin, 2002;Wilson eta/., 2003).…”

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The Treatment of Offenders: Current Practice and New Developments with an Emphasis on Sex Offenders

Ward

Gannon

Yates³

2008

International Review of Victimology

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Despite some dissenting views, most recent comprehensive reviews of what works in the correctional domain agree that some types of rehabilitation programmes are particularly effective in reducing the reoffending rate. In this paper, we review rehabilitation and treatment approaches utilized historically and presently, with a specific focus on 'what works'. We examine the most widespread and successfully used rehabilitation principles (e.g., the Risk/Need/Responsibity Model), and then we tum our focus to specific treatment methods that are effective in reducing recidivism with sex offenders, paying particular attention to the relapse prevention model, and recent adaptations to this model (e.g., the self-regulation model).

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The Treatment of Offenders: Current Practice and New Developments with an Emphasis on Sex Offenders

Ward

Gannon

Yates³

2008

International Review of Victimology

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“…Where such data have been assembled, meta-analysis has revealed a trend towards larger effect sizes for personal (violent and sexual) offences than for property-(theft, burglary, criminal damage) or drug-related offences (e.g. Redondo et al 2002). Fortunately, several meta-analytic reviews among the appended list are of particular note with reference to obtaining a fuller picture of the impact of interventions in reducing violent recidivism.…”

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A review of effective interventions for reducing aggression and violence

McGuire

2008

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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This paper addresses the question of whether individual violence can be reduced in frequency or severity, if so to what extent and by which methods. It opens with a brief overview of the nature of personal violence and discussion of some key definitional and methodological problems. However, its principal focus is on the findings obtained from a series of meta-analytic reviews of structured programmes for adolescents and adults who have shown repeated aggression or been convicted of personal violence, drawing together the results of studies conducted in prison, probation, youth justice and allied services. Additional results are considered from a systematic review of studies of violence prevention among offenders with mental disorders. This incorporates the preliminary findings of a meta-analysis of controlled trials of psychosocial interventions with that population. Overall, it is concluded that there is sufficient evidence currently available to substantiate the claim that personal violence can be reduced by psychosocial interventions, but that much more research is required to delineate the parameters of effectiveness in this context. Proposals are made for future investigations with reference to the theoretical understanding of causal relationships and the design of experimental trials.

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“…Other meta-analyses reached broadly similar conclusions (e.g. Lipsey, 1992;Lösel, 1995;McGuire, 2002;Redondo et al 2002) and a Scottish research review (McIvor, 1990) helped to raise awareness of this kind of work in Britain, as did a series of 'What Works' conferences (McGuire, 1995). The new focus on understanding and describing the service that was actually provided, and the explicit aim of distinguishing between effective and ineffective practice in order to encourage the former, led to a number of innovations and in particular to the development of structured group programmes using cognitive-behavioural methods.…”

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From ‘nothing works’ to ‘post-truth’: The rise and fall of evidence in British probation

Raynor

2018

European Journal of Probation

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Since its origins over half a century ago, evaluative research on probation services has swung between optimism and pessimism. This article, based largely on England and Wales, describes and reviews the long journey from over-optimism, via 'nothing works' in the 1970s, to programmes based on Risk-Need-Responsivity principles, introduced on a large scale from the late 1990s but limited in their impact owing largely to problems in implementation. After this, evaluation researchers developed greater interest in implementation, in organisational culture and, in particular, in practitioners' skills. In the process, researchers have developed a better understanding of the necessary social science methods for evaluation and have begun to learn from new sources such as desisting former offenders. In the meantime, in spite of encouraging research, the political context in some countries has become hostile, and research has to survive in a new context of 'post-truth' and politically motivated denigration of expertise.

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Crime Treatment in Europe: A Review of Outcome Studies

Cited by 33 publications

References 47 publications

The Treatment of Offenders: Current Practice and New Developments with an Emphasis on Sex Offenders

The Treatment of Offenders: Current Practice and New Developments with an Emphasis on Sex Offenders

A review of effective interventions for reducing aggression and violence

From ‘nothing works’ to ‘post-truth’: The rise and fall of evidence in British probation

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