@article{ref1,
title="Cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation for high-risk violent offenders: an outcome evaluation of the violence prevention unit",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2005",
author="Polaschek, Devon L. L. and Wilson, Nick J. and Townsend, Marilyn R. and Daly, Lorna R.",
volume="20",
number="12",
pages="1611-1627",
abstract="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 during2 or more years of follow-up: nonviolentre conviction, 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 program is having a differential impact on violent versus nonviolent offending.",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260505280507",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260505280507"
}