The Effectiveness of a Cognitive Skills Training Program for Adult Offenders

Verweij, Suzan; Wartna, B.S.J.; Tollenaar, Nikolaj; Beerthuizen, Marinus G.C.J.

doi:10.1177/0093854817737338

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“…The new imprisonment rate of young offenders within 2 years of leaving the FYCI was 13.5% and reflects only the most serious reoffenders. The 2‐year reoffending rate overall for community returning FYCI young people is about 55% (Verweij et al., 2021 ). Although these young offenders showed an overall reduction in risk factor scores, or an improvement in skill scores considered indicative of protective factors, the association between this and reincarceration was less striking.…”

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Young offenders in forensic institutions in the Netherlands after committing serious crimes: Contribution of mandatory treatment and reduction of reincarceration

Reef

Jeltes

Brink

et al. 2023

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Background: In the Netherlands, young offenders who have been convicted of a particularly serious offence may be subjected to a so-called 'Placement in an Institution for Juveniles' (PIJ) measure if they are considered to pose a high ongoing risk to public safety. They form a rarely studied distinct group. Treatment in specialist forensic custodial institutions for young people (FYCI) is an intervention of last resort and costly. The most serious young offenders tend to be the hardest to rehabilitate while preventing further offending. Treatment is focussed on reducing risk of harm as well as improving health and other protective factors. Aims: To explore the contribution of treatment in an FYCI under a forensic treatment order-the PIJ-measure-to the reduction of risk of reoffending. Methods: In a pre-post intervention study, the Juvenile Forensic Profile (JFP) was used to score complete case files of 178 young offenders at the start and end of their placement in an FYCI under the PIJ-measure, 59% of those serving between the years 2013 and 2016 inclusive. The JFP covers risk and protective factors in seven domains encompassing

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Young offenders in forensic institutions in the Netherlands after committing serious crimes: Contribution of mandatory treatment and reduction of reincarceration

Reef

Jeltes

Brink

et al. 2023

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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Better start to better future? Long-term follow-up of a parenting intervention for mothers being released from incarceration

Menting,

de Castro,

Grandfield

et al. 2024

J Exp Criminol

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Objectives This study examined the long-term effects of the Better Start program, an adaptation of Incredible Years parent training enhanced with home visits, for families with mothers being released from incarceration. Methods Participants in this quasi-experimental longitudinal study were 224 mothers, of whom 145 (64.7%) received intervention and the other mothers constituted a no intervention group. Official criminal justice records and mother reports of parenting behaviors and child behavior were collected up to 10 years after intervention. Mixed effects models, Cox regression analyses, and latent linear growth models were used to test potential intervention effects on adolescent delinquency, maternal recidivism, parenting behaviors, and disruptive child behaviors. Results Outcomes favoring participants in the intervention condition were found for adolescent delinquency, maternal recidivism, and the number of disruptive child behaviors. Conclusions Effects on maternal recidivism and delinquency in their children indicate that the Better Start program contributes to preventing the intergenerational transmission of delinquency.

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The Effectiveness of a Cognitive Skills Training Program for Adult Offenders

Cited by 2 publications

References 36 publications

Young offenders in forensic institutions in the Netherlands after committing serious crimes: Contribution of mandatory treatment and reduction of reincarceration

Young offenders in forensic institutions in the Netherlands after committing serious crimes: Contribution of mandatory treatment and reduction of reincarceration

Better start to better future? Long-term follow-up of a parenting intervention for mothers being released from incarceration

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