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Pro-criminal attitudes, intervention, and recidivism
Banse, Rainer; Koppehele-Gossel, Judith; Kistemaker, Lisa M. et al.
2013In Aggression and Violent Behavior, 18 (6), p. 673-685
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Keywords :
Pro-criminal attitudes; Offence-supportive beliefs; Intervention; Recidivism; Reoffending
Abstract :
[en] We review the recent research literature on pro-criminal attitudes (PCAs) as dcausal factor of recidivism with a focus on studies on the effectiveness of offender treatment programs targeting PCAs to prevent recidivism. The main conclusions that can be derived from the literature are: (1) the evidence supports the hypothesis that PCAs are related to reoffending; (2) most investigated offender treatment programs tend to reduce PCAs, although the general lack of adequate control group designs does not rule out alternative explanations for this reduction; and (3) there is no conclusive empirical evidence that intervention programs designed to reduce PCAs are effective in reducing recidivism. Empirical research in this area lacks the theoretical and methodological rigor to test causal models of the influence of treatment on reducing PCAs, and effects of PCAs on recidivism. Limitations of the empirical evidence are related to inadequate research designs and/or suboptimal data analysis strategies. Recommendations concerning optimized research designs and data analysis strategies that are likely to provide more conclusive evidence on the relation of PCAs, PCA treatment, and recidivism are given. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Criminal law & procedure
Criminology
Author, co-author :
Banse, Rainer;  Univ Bonn, D-53111 Bonn, Germany.
Koppehele-Gossel, Judith;  Univ Bonn, D-53111 Bonn, Germany.
Kistemaker, Lisa M.;  Univ Bonn, D-53111 Bonn, Germany.
Werner, Verena A.;  Univ Bonn, D-53111 Bonn, Germany.
Schmidt, Alexander F. ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Title :
Pro-criminal attitudes, intervention, and recidivism
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Aggression and Violent Behavior
ISSN :
1359-1789
Publisher :
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, Unknown/unspecified
Volume :
18
Issue :
6
Pages :
673-685
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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