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Changing Risk Factors That Impact Recidivism: In Search of Mechanisms of Change

Changing Risk Factors That Impact Recidivism: In Search of Mechanisms of Change The present study examined whether treatment change among offenders under community supervision would predict reductions in recidivism. The intervention program, based on cognitive–behavioral principles, focused on changing antisocial attitudes. Compared to a matched control group, the likelihood of reduced recidivism was 57% for the binary outcome and 70% for the multiple count outcome, after controlling for past program participation, propensity score, and days of opportunity to offend. The within-person pre-/postchange scores showed less promise in predicting recidivism. Only changes with a single antisocial associate measure, which were not central to the treatment program, predicted future recidivism. Caution must be used in the idiographic assessment of dynamic risk and treatment change. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Law and Human Behavior American Psychological Association

Changing Risk Factors That Impact Recidivism: In Search of Mechanisms of Change

Law and Human Behavior , Volume 37 (5): 16 – Oct 25, 2013

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
© 2013 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0147-7307
eISSN
1573-661X
DOI
10.1037/lhb0000022
pmid
23527572
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Abstract

The present study examined whether treatment change among offenders under community supervision would predict reductions in recidivism. The intervention program, based on cognitive–behavioral principles, focused on changing antisocial attitudes. Compared to a matched control group, the likelihood of reduced recidivism was 57% for the binary outcome and 70% for the multiple count outcome, after controlling for past program participation, propensity score, and days of opportunity to offend. The within-person pre-/postchange scores showed less promise in predicting recidivism. Only changes with a single antisocial associate measure, which were not central to the treatment program, predicted future recidivism. Caution must be used in the idiographic assessment of dynamic risk and treatment change.

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Law and Human BehaviorAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Oct 25, 2013

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