The aim of this review is to establish how offender engagement within group programs has
been conceptualized, defined or assessed, and the factors that are associated with it …

Crime is an expensive aspect of society, and each year huge amounts of public money are
spent on the courts, police, probation services, and prisons, while the human costs in terms …

For over 30 years, general cognitive-behavioral programs have contributed to the
rehabilitation services offered within His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service in England …

This chapter attempts to cover three broad issues with respect to the present‐day position
regarding what is colloquially known as' what works' in the field of criminal justice …

The present study examined whether treatment change among offenders under community
supervision would predict reductions in recidivism. The intervention program, based on …

This paper reports the outcome of a 17-month follow-up of structured, community-based,
offence-focused, intervention programmes designed to reduce rates of re-conviction …

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most promising and widely used
therapeutic approaches to reducing recidivism among criminal populations. Although many …

Following the impact of the meta-analyses and 'What Works' in offender treatment, cognitive
skills programmes for offenders have become widely used in both the community and in …

Virtual reality (VR) has been used for learning and treatment for decades. Few efforts have
been made to incorporate this technology into correctional rehabilitation. Advances in VR …

Cognitive skills programs, which teach problem-solving skills and perspective taking, have a
strong evidence base for their ability to reduce recidivism with convicted populations. This …