Assessing treatment readiness in violent offenders

Day, Andrew, Howells, Kevin, Casey, Sharon, Ward, Tony, Chambers, Jemma C., and Birgden, Astrid (2009) Assessing treatment readiness in violent offenders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (4). pp. 618-635.

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Abstract

Although violent offenders are widely considered to be difficult to engage in therapeutic change, few methods of assessing treatment readiness currently exist. In this article the validation of a brief self-report measure designed to assess treatment readiness in offenders who have been referred to violent offender treatment programs is described. The measure, which is an adaptation of a general measure of treatment readiness developed in a previous work, displayed acceptable levels of convergent and discriminant validity and was able to successfully predict treatment engagement in violent offender treatment. These results suggest that the measure has utility in the assessment of treatment readiness in violent offenders.

Item ID: 47155
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1552-6518
Keywords: readiness, responsivity, assessment, violence
Date Deposited: 18 Jan 2017 07:50
FoR Codes: 17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES > 1701 Psychology > 170104 Forensic Psychology @ 100%
SEO Codes: 94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9404 Justice and the Law > 940408 Rehabilitation and Correctional Services @ 100%
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