TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Cognitive skills programs for female offenders in the community: effect on reconviction
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Palmer, Emma J.
A1  - Hatcher, Ruth M.
A1  - McGuire, James
A1  - Hollin, Clive R.
SP  - 345
EP  - 360
VL  - 42
IS  - 4
N2  - This article reports an evaluation of two cognitive skills programs (Enhanced Thinking Skills and Think First) with 801 women offenders serving community sentences in the English and Welsh Probation Service. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare the reconviction rates at 1-year follow-up of offenders who completed the program, offenders who started but did not complete the program, and a comparison group that were not allocated to the program. Multivariate analysis showed that the completers did not have a significantly lower rate of reconviction than the comparison group. However, the non-completers had a significantly higher rate of reconviction than the comparison group. No differences were found in reconviction between the completers group and non-completers group. The implications of the findings for interventions with women offenders are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854814552099
ID  - ref1
ER  -