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Cognitive-Behavioral Rehabilitation for High-Risk Violent Offenders

An Outcome Evaluation of the Violence Prevention Unit

Devon L. L. Polaschek

Victoria University of Wellington

Nick J. Wilson

Department of Corrections Psychological Service, Hamilton, New Zealand

Marilyn R. Townsend

Wellington STOP, New Zealand

Lorna R. Daly

Department of Corrections Psychological Service, Wellington, New Zealand

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.!

Key Words: high-risk violent offenders • offender rehabilitation • cognitive-behavioral program • program evaluation • recidivism outcomes

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 20, No. 12, 1611-1627 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505280507
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