A meta-analysis of predictors of offender treatment attrition and its relationship to recidivism.

Abstract

The clients who stand to benefit the most from treatment (i.e., high-risk, high-needs) are the least likely to complete it. Offender treatment attrition can be managed and clients can be retained through an awareness of, and attention to, key predictors of attrition and adherence to responsivity considerations.

Psychomotor Therapy as an Additive Intervention for Violent Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients: A Pilot Study

“…As a result, these patients repeatedly showed their discomfort during therapy to such an extent that they could no longer participate in the program and had to be removed from the treatment group. However, this disruptive behavior was not only displayed during PMT sessions but also during ART group sessions, which supports the assumption that psychopathy is related to treatment attrition in general (e.g., Olver, Stockdale, & Wormith, 2011).…”

“…Since various studies have indicated that psychopathy (Hare, 1991) is associated with poor treatment outcome (e.g., Harris & Rice, 2006;Hemphill & Hart, 2002;Stokes, Dixon, & Beech, 2009;Olver, Stockdale, & Wormith, 2011), it was also explored whether psychopathy would be associated with a higher dropout rate. This is especially relevant within the context of the present study, because research has shown that psychopathy is related to deficits in the experience of emotions (e.g., Gao, Raine, & Schug, 2012;Nentjes, Meijer, Bernstein, Arntz, & Medendorp, 2013).…”

Predicting violence among individuals who engage in self-injury

“…In terms of individual factors, previous work has found that ASPD features are associated with violent or aggressive behaviour toward others (Meloy, 1995), and some authors have suggested an association between antisocial personality features and NSSI behaviours (Virkkunen, 1976). In addition, treatment non-compliance has also been associated with risk for violence in that individuals who are unwilling or fail to engage in treatment programs are more likely to engage in future violence (Olver et al, 2011). Moreover, BPD features, anger, impulsivity, substance use and low distress tolerance have been associated with both NSSI (Klonksy et al, 2003;Stanley, Gameroff, Michalsen, & Mann, 2001;Herpertz et al, 1997;Guertin et al, 2001;Laye-Gindhu & Schonert-Reichl, 2005;Klonsky, 2007) and violence toward others (Dougherty et al, 1999;Berzins & Trestman, 2004;Fruzzetti & Levensky, 2000;Berkowitz, 2008;Edwards et al, 2003;Fehon et al, 2005;Novaco, 1994;Cornell et al, 1999).…”

“…Refusal to engage in treatment, low treatment motivation, treatment dropout and other forms of treatment non-compliance has been associated with risk for violent recidivism. A previous meta-analysis on factors related to treatment compliance and subsequent criminal recidivism found that across diverse treatment programs (e.g., sexual offender, domestic and general violence, and general correctional treatment programs) treatment dropout was associated with violent recidivism (Olver, Stockdale, & Wormith, 2011). In addition, one meta-analytic study examining factors associated with non-completion or dropout from intimate partner violence treatment programs found that the variables examined (e.g., employment…”

Intervención psicológica en la comunidad en hombres condenados por violencia de género

“…En relación con la eficacia de los tratamientos, en trabajos recientes se insiste en considerar los diferentes tipos de agresores (Amor, Echeburúa y Loinaz, 2009;Bender y Roberts, 2007;Huss y Ralston, 2008;Loinaz, Echeburúa y Torrubia, 2010), la diversidad de programas y de contextos en los que se desarrolla la intervención (Saunders, 2008) y la importancia de mantener al agresor en el programa abordando los aspectos relacionados con su adherencia y motivación hacia el tratamiento (Alexander y Morris, 2008;Eckhardt, Babcock y Homack, 2004;Murphy y Ting, 2010;Olver, Stockdale y Wormith, 2011). Aunque el grupo es el formato habitual de aplicación de estos programas, Murphy y Meis (2008) plantean la necesidad de considerar el formato individual de intervención y sugieren algunas ventajas respecto a la intervención grupal que pueden mejorar el vínculo terapéutico y la predisposición hacia el cambio del agresor.…”