Cann (2006) treatment of offenders - cognitive skills (women)

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To find out if cognitive skills programmes were effective in terms of lower reconcivition rates for a sample of women prisoners

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

180 offenders who had started enhanced thinking skills (ETS) or reasoning and rehabilitation (R&R) between 1996 and 2000

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

the expected 2 year reconviction rates were calculated for all the women and they were matched on whether they were at high, medium or low risk of conviction.

actual reconviction rates were calculated for 1 and 2 years after release.

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

There was no significant difference between the groups for expected reconviction rates.

Question 5

conclusions

Answer 5

cognitive skills training may not be an effective treatment strategy for female offenders