L7 Interventions for Offending Behaviour Flashcards
What is the Staffordshire Intensive Fostering Programme?
Supported by the YJB
Alternative to sentence
Helps young people build on skills and knowledge
Live with experienced foster carers
Talk to people about issues
Rates of reoffending are 33% instead of 66%
What did the Pilot study report 2010 tell us?
Few young people were engaged in education, training or work in 6 months prior to conviction
Unstructured time
One year after sentence, members of comparison group were much less likely to be engaged in education (30%)
40% of the comparison group had begun another sentence
None of the IF group were in custody or homeless
What are the punishment option for young people?
YOT youth offending team - surveillance and supervision programmes
Secure children’s home (10-14yrs)
Young offender institution (15-17yrs)
Secure training centre (17yrs)
Prison
Safety or incarceration
Liaison and Diversion
What is the effectiveness of evidence based practices? Highest quality to lowest quality?
Sys reviews metanalysis
RCT’S
Cohort studies
Case-control
Cross sectional studies
Case series, case reports
Idea, opinions, editorials
What are systematic reviews?
Systematic review attempts to identify ad synthesize all of the empirical evidence
Use explicit methods aimed at minimising bias
What are randomised controlled trials?
Most rigorous way to determine cause-effect relation exists between treatment and outcome
Reduce biases by making allocation method concealed
How to prevent bias?
Randomisation
Allocation concealment
Blinding of participants
Blinding of outcome assessment
Incomplete outcome data
Selective reporting
What is multisystemic intervention theory?
Therapist visits your home, on call 24/7, parents receive help, regular engagement
Empirically supported intervention
Strong research based
- multifaceted
- manual based
- time limited and intense
- professional mental health therapists deliver
- small caseloads
- integrated strategies
- USA based
What is the target population for MST?
Targets chronic, violent or substance abusing people
Antisocial behaviour, risk of out of home placement
Typically 14-16 years
Multiple arrests
Family and peers influence delinquent behaviour
What are the main goals of MST?
MST target everyone involved that influence behaviour
Reduce criminal activity
Reduce antisocial behaviour such as drug abuse
Decrease rates of incarceration and placements
What are the nine MST treatment principles (Henggeler 1998)?
- finding the fit
- focus on positives and strengths
- increase responsibility
- present-focus, action-orientated
- targeting sequences
- developmentally appropriate
- continuous effort
- evaluation and accountability
- generalisation
What did Curtis 2004 find in their meta-analysis of MST? And what are the critiques?
Average effect of MST was 0.55
After treatment 70% of youths and their families were functioning better
MST had larger effects on measures of family measures
- Does not include real world factors
- Implications for research of evidence based treatment to community practice
What did Littell, Popa and Forsythe 2005 find about MST? And what are the critiques?
No significant effects
Little evidence on the superiority of MST over other interventions
No evidence that it is harmful
- small sample
- peer review process
- real world implications
What is CBT?
Positive effects on recidivism
Well developed theoretical basis
Targets criminal thinking
Adapted to a range of ages
Delivered in a variety of settings
Multifaced
It tackles distorted cognition
Changes perception of benign situations as threats
What is the effectiveness of CBT?
Lipsey 2007 - reduction from the 0.4 mean recidivism 25%
Those who had CBT were less likely to reoffend
