@article{ref1,
title="Cognitive-behavioural treatment for imprisoned offenders: An evaluation of HM Prison Service's cognitive skills programmes",
journal="Legal and criminological psychology",
year="2003",
author="Friendship, Caroline and Blud, Linda and Erikson, Matthew and Travers, Rosie and Thornton, David",
volume="8",
number="1",
pages="103-114",
abstract="Purpose. The effectiveness of prison-based cognitive-behavioural treatment programmes was evaluated using reconviction as the outcome measure.Method. Reconviction rates were compared between two groups of adult male offenders who were serving a custodial sentence of 2 years or more in Her Majesty's Prison Service, England and Wales. The treatment group (N =667) consisted of offenders who had voluntarily participated in one of two treatment programmes that targeted 'cognitive deficits' related to offending behaviour. The comparison group (N =1,801) was made up of offenders who had not participated in the treatment programme but were &quot;matched&quot; to the treatment group on a number of empirically relevant variables.Results. Treatment produced a robust reduction in the probability of reconviction (p < .001) when other relevant variables were controlled for. For treated offenders, the percentage point reduction in reconviction was 14% in medium-lowrisk offenders and 11% in medium-high-risk offenders.Conclusion. These outcome results demonstrate that the principles of effective practice in the field of offender rehabilitation, which were identified through meta-analytical research predominately in North America, can be applied to a UK offender population to similar effect.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1355-3259",
doi="10.1348/135532503762871273",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/135532503762871273"
}