Integrating Individual and Group-based Offence-focussed Psychological Treatments: Towards a Model for Best Practice

摘要: This review explored outcomes of individual and group-based offence-focussed psychological treatments in studies published between 1 January 1990 31 August 2014. Very few high-quality using (n = 13) were identified. There even fewer comparisons versus treatment 2); several incorporating both components for high-risk high-need clients also Extant findings suggest comparable treatment. In concluding, we adopt a pragmatic perspective propose model conceptualising the role offender rehabilitation its relationship to treatments. Group-based are promoted due their larger evidence base. Individual interventions may prepare group treatment, and/or promote gains when stable internal factors impair responsivity. also...