Cognitive skills programs for female offenders in the community: effect on reconviction

This article reports an evaluation of two cognitive skills programs (Enhanced Thinking Skills and Think First) with 801 women offenders serving community sentences in the English and Welsh Probation Service. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare the reconviction rates at 1-year follow-up o...

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Main Author: Palmer, Emma J. (Author)
Contributors: Hatcher, Ruth M. ; McGuire, James ; Hollin, Clive R.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2015, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 345-360
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Community
Intervention
Reconviction
Women offenders
cognitive skills