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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - General

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Moderate- and High-Risk Adult Offenders (2016)

    Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a problem-focused, therapeutic approach that attempts to help people identify and change dysfunctional belief

  • Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Work in Criminal Justice? A New Analysis From CrimeSolutions.gov (2016)

    An analysis of programs and practices in CrimeSolutions.gov finds that cognitive behavioral therapy can deter crime, assist victims and prevent rec

  • Reducing Recidivism: Evidence from 26 Years of International Evaluations of Reasoning & Rehabilitation Programs (2012)

    The present report presents the major findings of each of the independent controlled evaluations of R&R and R&R2 that have been conducted i

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: An Evidence-Based Intervention for Offenders (2011)

    This short article is a revision of “Preventing Future Crime with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,” originally published in the National Institute of

  • Effects of Cognitive-Behavioral Programs for Criminal Offenders: A Systematic Review (2007)

    The finding is that well-trained providers, a well-implemented course of treatment and focus on training in anger and conflict management increase

  • The Positive Effects of Cognitive-Behavioral Programs for Offenders: A Meta-Analysis of Factors Associated with Effective Treatment (2005)

    A meta-analysis of 58 experimental and quasi-experimental studies of the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on the recidivism of adult a

  • Cognitive Behavioral Programs for Offenders (2001)

    A systematic review using meta-analysis techniques was conducted with 14 studies selected to provide the best evidence on the effectiveness of cogn