Assessing Treatment Readiness in Violent Offenders

Autor/inn/en	Day, Andrew; Howells, Kevin; Casey, Sharon; Ward, Tony; Chambers, Jemma C.; Birgden, Astrid
Titel	Assessing Treatment Readiness in Violent Offenders
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (2009) 4, S.618-635 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260508317200
Schlagwörter	Validity; Therapy; Rehabilitation; Criminals; Violence; Measures (Individuals); Prediction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gültigkeit; Therapie; Straftäter; Gewalt; Messdaten; Vorhersage
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. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10