A review of general cognitive-behavioral programs in English and Welsh prisons and probation services: Three decades of quasi-experimental evaluations.

IF 12.3 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

American Psychologist Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI:10.1037/amp0001405

Jamie S Walton,Ian A Elliott

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Abstract

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 and Wales. There is an extensive body of international evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of such interventions as a correctional strategy. However, there is widespread variability of program effects associated with the standards of implementation. Over the last 3 decades, British researchers have produced a steady output of quasi-experimental program evaluations that have contributed to the evidence base. The most recent additions are some of the largest and most rigorous available worldwide. This review documents those evaluations and provides a meta-analysis that statistically aggregates the effects of programs delivered in His Majesty's prisons in England and Wales. We suggest there is sufficient evidence from evaluations of acceptable scientific rigor to conclude that general cognitive-behavioral programs delivered in prisons during the last decade and a half (circa 2006 to 2019) have had a small statistically significant mean reductive effect on general reoffending (odds ratio = 0.91). Program characteristics and implementation factors, including program dose, the scale of service delivery and program integrity, are discussed as possible factors associated with the size of the effect. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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英国和威尔士监狱及缓刑服务中的一般认知行为项目回顾：三十年的准实验评估。

30 多年来，英格兰和威尔士国王陛下监狱和缓刑犯监管局提供的改造服务中一直采用一般认知行为方案。大量国际证据表明，此类干预措施作为一种矫治策略是有效的。然而，与实施标准相关的计划效果却普遍存在差异。在过去的 30 年里，英国研究人员不断推出准实验性计划评估，为证据库做出了贡献。最近新增的一些评估是世界上规模最大、最严格的评估。本综述记录了这些评估，并提供了一项荟萃分析，对英格兰和威尔士国王陛下监狱所实施项目的效果进行了统计汇总。我们认为，具有可接受的科学严谨性的评估提供了充足的证据，可以得出结论认为，过去十五年（约 2006 年至 2019 年）在监狱中实施的一般认知行为项目对一般重新犯罪具有微小的统计学意义上的平均减少效应（几率比 = 0.91）。研究讨论了项目特征和实施因素，包括项目剂量、服务提供规模和项目完整性，认为这些因素可能与效果大小有关。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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American Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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18.50

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1.20%

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145

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