Evaluation of CBT for Treating the Offender Flashcards

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+ Re-offending rates

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Friendship (2002) found that re-offending rates for prisoners who received CBT were 14% lower than for those who hadn’t

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  • Delivery and prisoner intelligence
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A major issue with CBT is that in order for it to be effective, it must be delivered by competent therapists and the prisoners must have a reasonably high IQ of at least 80, good literacy skills, and be highly motivated

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  • Designed for men
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Cognitive therapies have been designed with male prisoners in mind and therefore may be inappropriate for women

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  • Cann (2006)
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Cann gave 180 female prisoners one of two types of CBT and compared them to 540 female prisoners who did not receive therapy. Re-conviction rates were examined two years after release. No significant differences were discovered between the groups, although one CBT group did slightly worse and were re-convicted earlier

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