A multi-site controlled trial of a cognitive skills program for mentally disordered offenders

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rees Jones, Angharad ^a,b   Gudjonsson, Gisli ^b   Young, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Mentally disordered offenders; Reasoning rehabilitation; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAUDSLEY VIOLENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKILL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING INVENTORY REVISED SHORT FORM; SOCIAL STATUS; THE LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE; THE NOVACO ANGER SCALE AND PROVOCATION INVENTORY REACTION TO PROVOCATION PERSONAL AFFECT QUESTIONNAIRE; VIOLENCE; COGNITION; DONKEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; LOCUS OF CONTROL; REASONING AND REHABILITATION MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ATTITUDE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84861138501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-44     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Ministry of Justice Statistics Bulletin Population in custody monthly tables July 2008, , England and Wales, [http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/population-in-custody-july08.pdf], Ministry of Justice Statistics Bulletin.
2. Ministry of Justice Statistics of mentally disordered offenders , , [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/mentally-disordered-offenders.htm], Ministry of Justice.
3. Ministry of Justice Payment by results in the justice system , , [http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/features/features-030311a], Ministry of Justice.
4. Andrews DA, Bonta J. Rehabilitating criminal justice policy and practice. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 2010, 16:39-55.
5. Hollin CR, Palmer E. Cognitive skills program for offenders. Psychology, Crime & Law 2009, 15:147-164. 10.1080/10683160802190871, 22875509.
6. Porporino FJ, Fabiano EA, Robinson D. Focusing on successful reintegration: Cognitive skills training for offenders. Research Report No. R-19 1991, Correctional Service of Canada, Ottawa, [http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/rsrch/reports/r19/r19e_e.pdf].
7. Ross RR, Fabiano EA, Ewles CD. Reasoning and rehabilitation. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 1988, 32:29-35.
8. Ross RR, Fabiano EA, Ross RD. Reasoning and rehabilitation 1986, University of Ottawa, Ottawa.
9. Clark DA. Theory manual for enhanced thinking skills. Prepared for the joint prison accreditation panel 2000, Home Office, London.
10. Antonowicz DH. The Reasoning and Rehabilitation Program: Outcome evaluations with offenders. Social problem solving and offending: Evidence, evaluation and evolution 2005, 163-182. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, McMurran M, McGuire J.
11. Ross RR, Ross RD. Thinking straight: the reasoning and rehabilitiation program for delinquency prevention and offender rehabilitation 1995, AIR Training and Publications, Ottawa.
12. Andrews DA, Zinger I, Hoge RD, Bonta J, Gendreau P, Cullen FT. Does correctional treatment work? A clinically relevant and psychologically informed meta-analysis. Criminology 1990, 28:369-404.
13. Tong LS, Farrington DP. How effective is the " Reasoning and Rehabilitation" program in reducing reoffending? A meta-analysis of evaluations in four countries. Psychology, Crime and Law 2006, 12:3-24.
14. Donnelly JP, Scott M. Evaluation of an offending behavior program with a mentally disordered offender population. British Journal of Forensic Practice 1999, 1:25-32.
15. Clarke AY, Cullen AE, Walwyn R, Fahy T. A quasi-experimental pilot study of the reasoning and rehabilitation program with mentally disordered offenders. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology 2010, 21:490-500.
16. Tapp J, Fellowes E, Wallis N, Blud L, Moore E. An evaluation of the Enhanced Thinking Skills (ETS) program with mentally disordered offenders in a high security hospital. Legal and Criminological Psychology 2009, 14:201-212.
17. Cullen AE, Soria C, Clarke AY, Dean K, Fahy T. Factors predicting dropout from the reasoning and rehabilitation program with mentally disordered offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior 2011, 38:217-230.
18. Cullen AE, Clarke AY, Kuipers E, Hodgins S, Dean K, Fahy T. A multi-site randomized controlled trial of a cognitive skills program for male mentally disordered offenders: social-cognitive outcomes. Psychol Med 2012, 42:557-569. [doi:10.1017/S0033291711001553], 21846425.
19. National Offender Management Service Bulletin Do cognitive skills programs work with offenders? , , [http://www.swmprobation.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/What-works-Cognitive-skills.pdf], National Offender Management Service Bulletin.
20. McMurran M, Theodosi E. Is offender treatment non-completion associated with increased reconviction over no treatment?. Psychology, Crime and Law 2007, 13:333-343.
21. Palmer EJ, McGuire J, Hounsome JC, Hatcher RM, Bilby CAL, Hollin CR. Offending behavior programs in the community: the effects on reconviction of three programs with adult male offenders. Legal and Criminological Psychology 2007, 12:251-264.
22. Jones D, Hollin CR. Managing problematic anger: the development of a treatment program for personality disordered patients in high security. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health 2004, 3:197-210.
23. Hollin CR, Palmer EJ. Offending behavior programs; Controversies and Resolutions. Offending Behavior Programs: Development, application and controversies 2007, 247-278. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, Hollin CJ, Palmer EJ.
24. National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Antisocial personality disorder Treatment, management and prevention: Clinical Guideline 77. The British Psychological Society and The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2009, , , [http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG77NICEGuideline.pdf], National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health.
25. Andrews DA, Bonta J, Hoge RD. Classification for effective rehabilitation: rediscovering psychology. Criminal Justice and Behavior 1990, 17:19-52.
26. Young SJ, Ross RR. R&R2 for youths and adults with mental health problems: a prosocial competence training program 2007, Cognitive Centre of Canada, Ottawa, [www.cognitivecentre.ca].
27. Young S, Chick K, Gudjonsson G. A preliminary evaluation of reasoning and rehabilitation 2 in mentally disordered offenders (R&R2M) across two secure forensic settings in the United Kingdom. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 2010, 21:336-349. 10.1080/14789940903513203, 22872599.
28. Young S, Hopkin G, Perkins D, Farr C, Doidge A, Gudjonsson GH. A controlled trial of a cognitive skills program for personality disordered offenders. J Atten Disord [http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087054711430333].
29. Gudjonsson GH, Young S, Yates M. Motivating mentally disordered offenders to change: instruments for measuring patients' perception and motivation. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 2007, 18:74-89. 10.1080/14789940601063261, 22872599.
30. Gudjonsson GH, Savona C, Green T, Terry R. The recovery approach to the care of mentally disordered patients. Does it predict treatment engagement and positive social behavior beyond quality of life?. Personality and Individual Differences 2011, 51:899-903.
31. Walker JS. The Maudsley violence questionnaire: initial validation and reliability. Personality and Individual Differences 2005, 38:187-201.
32. Nowicki S, Duke MP. A locus of control scale for non-college as well as college adults. J Pers Assess 1974, 37:136-137.
33. Beretvas NS, Suizzo MA, Durham JA, Yarnell LM. A reliability generalization study of scores on Rotter's and Nowicki-Strickland's Locus of Control scales. Educ Psychol Meas 2008, 68:97-114.
34. Page GL, Scalora MJ. The utility of locus of control for assessing juvenile amenability to treatment. Aggression and Violent Behaviour 2004, 9:523-534.
35. D'Zurilla TJ, Nezu AM, Maydeu-Olivares A. A Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised (SPSI-R): Technical Manual 2002, Multi-Health Systems, North Tonawanda.
36. Novaco RW. The novaco anger scale and provocation inventory 2003, CA, Western Psychological Services.
37. Mills JF, Kroner DG, Forth AE. Novaco Anger Scale: Reliability and validity within an adult criminal sample. Assessment 1998, 5:237-248. 10.1177/107319119800500304, 9728031.
38. Young S, Gudjonsson G, Ball S, Lam J. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in personality disordered offenders and the association with disruptive behavioural problems. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology 2003, 14:491-505.
39. McMurran M, Huband N, Duggan C. A comparison of treatment completers and non-completers of an in-patient treatment program for male personality-disordered offenders. Psychol Psychother Theory Res Pract 2008, 81:193-198.
40. Emilsson B, Gudjonsson G, Sigurdsson JF, Einarsson E, Baldursson G, Olafsdottir H, Young S. R&R2 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Medication-Treated Adults with ADHD and Persistent Symptoms: A randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry 2011, 11:116. [doi:10.1186/1471-244X-11-116], 3155481, 21787431.
41. Gendreau P, Goggin CE, Law MA. Predicting prison misconducts. Criminal Justice and Behavior 1997, 24:414-431.
42. Polaschek DLL, Collie RM, Walkey FH. Criminal attitudes to violence: development and preliminary validation of a scale for male prisoners. Aggress Behav 2004, 30:484-503.
43. Slaby RG, Guerra NG. Cognitive mediators of aggression in adolescent offenders: 1. Assessment. Developmental Psychology 1988, 24:580-588.
44. Unnever JD, Cullen FT, Agnew R. Why is 'bad' parenting criminogenic? Implications from rival theories. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 2006, 4:3-33.
45. Nijman HLI, Muris P, Merckelbach HLGJ, Palmstierna T, Wistedt B, Vos AM, van Rixtel A, Allertz W. The staff observation aggression scale-revised (soas-r). Aggress Behav 1999, 25:197-209.
46. Palmstierna T, Wistedt B. Staff observation aggression scale-Revised: presentation and evaluation. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia 1987, 76:657-663.
47. Laithwaite HM, Gumley A, Benn A, Scott E, Downey K, Black K, McEwen S. Self esteem and psychosis: a pilot study investigating the effectiveness of a self-esteem program on the self-esteem and positive symptomatology of mentally disordered offenders. Behav Cogn Psychother 2007, 35:569-577.
48. Mak AS. Psychosocial control characteristics of delinquents and nondelinquents. Criminal Justice and Behaviour 1991, 18:297-303.
49. Eysenck SB, McGurk BJ. Impulsiveness and venturesomeness in a detention centre population. Psychol Rep 1980, 47:1299-1306. 10.2466/pr0.1980.47.3f.1299, 7220759.