Predictors of psychological treatment noncompletion among sexual offenders

Larochelle, Sébastien; Diguer, Louis; Laverdière, Olivier; Greenman, Paul S.

doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2010.12.004

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“…Once accepted into treatment, offenders with higher PCL:SV Factor 2 scores are more likely to display poorer conduct in treatment and discontinue treatment prior to programme completion. These findings are consistent with past studies which indicate that offenders who display aggressive and disruptive behaviours (Beyko & Wong, 2005; and have antisocial personality traits (Larochelle, Diguer, Laverdi ere, & Greenman, 2011) are most likely to exit treatment prematurely. Interestingly, however, PCL:SV Factor 2 scores are only correlated with the behavioural component of the engagement in treatment construct (i.e.…”

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confidence: 92%

An Exploration of Responsivity among Violent Offenders: Predicting Access to Treatment, Treatment Engagement and Programme Completion

O’Brien

Daffern

2016

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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This retrospective archival study examines whether pre-treatment responsivity characteristics influence access to, engagement in, and completion of a violent offender treatment programme. The participants are 115 violent offenders referred for a group-based multimodule treatment programme in medium-and high-security correctional facilities in Victoria, Australia. The case files for each participant were reviewed and information regarding responsivity factors and responses to treatment were gathered. Responsivity characteristics include psychopathy (Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version; PCL:SV), denial and minimisation (Denial and Minimisation Checklist-Third Edition; DMCL-III), and measures of motivation to engage in treatment and guilt and shame associated with violent offending. Engagement was scored using the Response to Treatment Scale. Offenders with higher PCL:SV Factor 2 scores were less likely to be offered a place in the programme and offenders with greater external pressure or motivation to participate in treatment were more likely to commence treatment. Psychopathy and pre-treatment denial and minimisation of offending are related to poorer engagement in treatment; feelings of guilt and shame, along with motivation to participate in treatment, are positively associated with engagement. Predictors of treatment completion include external motivators promoting participation in treatment, within-treatment behaviours (e.g. inappropriate or disruptive behaviour), and psychopathy.

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confidence: 92%

An Exploration of Responsivity among Violent Offenders: Predicting Access to Treatment, Treatment Engagement and Programme Completion

O’Brien

Daffern

2016

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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“…The lack of a consistent definition across all studies prevents definitive conclusions from being drawn. This limitation in particular has been identified in previous reviews regarding noncompletion of treatment within offending populations and thus appears to be a limitation of the literature as a whole (Larochelle et al, 2011;McMurran et al, 2010).…”

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Treatment Engagement From the Perspective of the Offender

Sturgess

Woodhams

Tonkin

2016

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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A systematic review of the reasons why detained adult offenders fail to attend or successfully complete treatment programme(s) was conducted. An initial search of the literature identified 2,827 articles, which following evaluation against explicit inclusion/exclusion criteria and a quality assessment was reduced to 13 studies. Extracted data from the 13 studies were synthesised using a qualitative approach. Despite the 13 studies being heterogeneous in design, there was consensus on the reasons offenders gave for completion/noncompletion of treatment. The majority were consistent with the factors outlined in the Multifactor Offender Readiness Model (MORM) and included a perceived lack of self-efficacy, negative perceptions of treatment, staff and peers, an inability to regulate emotions, and a lack of perceived choice and control. A lack of opportunity to engage in established, professionally run, groups, as well as perceived inadequate support from members of staff, was also associated with poor engagement and noncompletion of treatment.

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“…Evidence suggests that offenders generally who do not complete treatment are more likely to be reconvicted than those who do not participate in treatment at all (McMurran and Theodosi, ; Palmer et al, ). There is also evidence that this applies to sexual offenders specifically (Hanson et al, ; Larochelle et al, ; Lösel & Schmucker, 2005). Marques et al () examined reconviction rates among sexual offenders and found that treatment non‐completers had a higher sexual reoffending rate (38%) than either treatment refusers (13%) or untreated groups (13%), with lowest reoffending rates observed among treatment completers (8%).…”

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