RT Article
T1 Evaluating the Effectiveness of the National Curriculum and Training Institute’s “Cognitive Life Skills” Program among Parolees Supervised by Pennsylvania’s Board of Probation & Parole
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 42
IS 3
SP 514
OP 532
A1 Antonio, Michael E.
A2 Crossett, Andrew
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764205510
AB Recently, cognitive-behavioral approaches for rehabilitation have shown measured success for reducing recidivism rates among offenders after release from prison. The present analysis utilized data provided by Pennsylvania’s Board of Probation & Parole about offenders who completed the Cognitive Life Skills program developed by the National Curriculum and Training Institute. Propensity scoring techniques were employed to match a group of offenders who completed the program (treatment) with a statistically equivalent group who did not receive it (control). Matching variables included location and year of release, risk level, gender, age, race, offense category, and history of violent offending. General findings from a Cox proportional hazard model revealed gender, age, and criminal history impacted future incidents of recidivism, measured as re-incarceration. More importantly, the hazard model revealed, on average, a 24 % reduction in recidivism among the treatment group offenders and, on average, a 31 % reduction among high risk offenders exclusively. Policy implications will be discussed.
K1 Recidivism
K1 Prison
K1 Parolee
K1 Offender
K1 Evaluation
K1 Cognitive-behavioral
DO 10.1007/s12103-016-9366-2