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Background |
- Study into cognitive skills programmes (CBT) - Aim to change offender thinking and control their impulsiveness, increase moral reasoning and social perspective - Special training needed to deliver course |
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Aim |
Do cognitive skills programmes prevent re-offending? |
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Who/when? |
-Women offenders - 1996 - 2000 |
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How? |
- Female offenders given 1 of 2 types of CBT: 1. Enhanced thinking skills 2. Reasoning and rehabilitation These were compared to offenders who received no CBT. Reconviction rates were examined 2 years later |
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Results |
- No significant different found between groups - Cann believed that this was due to CBT programmes being designed for men and not suitable for women as women offend for different reasons and that the therapy was not delivered effectively (given by prison guards). |
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Evaluation |
- Only women offenders used so results are not generalisable - Programmes was not designed for women which reduces the validity of results - Therapy not delivered appropriately, given by prison guards are opposed to trained psychologists. - Research took place between 1996 and 2000 so may be out of date for modern prison environments |
