Background Repeat offending, also known as criminal recidivism, in people released from
prison has remained high over many decades. To address this, psychological treatments …

A meta-analysis was conducted to examine whether specialized psychological offense
treatments were associated with reductions in offense specific and non-offense specific …

For over 30 years, criminal justice policy has been dominated by a “get tough” approach to
offenders. Increasing punitive measures have failed to reduce criminal recidivism and …

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Fifth Edition, discusses the psychology of criminal
behavior, drawing upon general personality, as well as cognitive-behavioral and cognitive …

This is the authoritative, bestselling guide that professionals and students turn to for a
complete introduction to motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating …

Objective: The failure of offenders to complete psychological treatment can pose significant
concerns, including increased risk for recidivism. Although a large literature identifying …

A meta-analysis of 82 recidivism studies (1,620 findings from 29,450 sexual offenders)
identified deviant sexual preferences and antisocial orientation as the major predictors of …

Previous meta-analyses have identified many effective interventions for reducing the
recidivism of juvenile offenders and various program factors that are associated with the best …

The effects of correctional interventions on recidivism have important public safety
implications when offenders are released from probation or prison. Hundreds of studies …

This article provides an empirical synthesis of the existing literature on the effectiveness of
restorative justice practices using meta-analytic techniques. The data were aggregated from …