NCJ Number
232193
Journal
Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal Volume: 15 Issue: 5 Dated: September/October 2010 Pages: 380-386
Date Published
September 2010
Length
7 pages
Annotation
This article examines the extent to which the methods and models of therapeutic community (TC) treatment can usefully augment, or be integrated into, prison-based violent offender treatment.
Abstract
Rehabilitation programs for violent offenders are at an early stage in their development, and there is currently only a very limited empirical base from which to draw any conclusions about treatment effectiveness (Jolliffe and Farrington, 2007). Therapeutic communities for offender populations have a much longer history, although the effects of applying this model of treatment to violent offenders have not been systematically investigated. This paper reviews the content and evidence supporting both violent offender treatment programs and therapeutic community models, concluding that approaches to treatment which combine features of both may prove to be most successful, and warrant further development and evaluation. References (Published Abstract)