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Principles of treatment for the mentally disordered offender
Published in John C. Gunn, Pamela J. Taylor, Forensic Psychiatry, 2014
Pamela J Taylor, Peter F Buckley, Gill McGauley, Jen Clarke, Estelle Moore, Elena Carmen Nichita, Paul Rogers, Pamela J Taylor, Fred Browne, Gisli Gudjonsson, John Gunn, Gary Rix, Leslie Sohn, Pamela J Taylor
In their extensive review of programmes designed to reduce re-offending, Harper and Chitty (2004) note the rapid expansion of interventions that are specifically tailored to deal with violence in a domestic context, or the wider community, such as the ‘Think First’ probation programme, or Aggression Replacement Training. Since many have only quasi- or non-experimental evaluation studies to support their application, interpretation of findings is difficult. In relation to violent offending in particular, the ‘what works?’ literature highlights the need to target intervention by risk status. Higher than expected attrition rates are seriously problematic, because those referred who start but do not complete interventions seem to be at highest risk of re-offending. People with a history of violent offending who are coerced into treatment do not demonstrate changes, especially in short-term cognitive interventions (Lambert et al., 2007), so improvements in selection for treatment are as important as efforts to retain people in the programmes.
A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Within Forensic Psychiatric and Correctional Settings Worldwide
Published in International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 2018
Prototypical programs designed to reduce recidivism in adolescent and adult forensic populations include Reasoning and Rehabilitation (e.g., Joy Ross, Fabiano, & Ewles, 1988; Tong, S., & Farrington, 2006), Moral Reconation Therapy (e.g., Little & Robinson, 1988; Little, Robinson, Burnette, & Swan, 2010), and Aggression Replacement Training (Brännström, Kaunitz, Andershed, South, & Smedslund, 2016; Glick & Goldstein, 1987). These interventions focus on restructuring cognitions related to antisocial behavior (e.g., antisocial cognitions, criminal thinking patterns) and introducing morally-based, pro-social ways of thinking and behaving. Aggression Replacement Training, specifically, also added skills related to emotion regulation and impulse control (Glick & Goldstein, 1987).