The “care package,” prison domestic violence programs and recidivism: a quasi-experimental study

Hasisi, Badi; Shoham, Efrat; Weisburd, David; Haviv, Noam; Zelig, Anat

doi:10.1007/s11292-016-9266-y

Cited by 29 publications

(25 citation statements)

References 51 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In recent years, various rehabilitation programs have been introduced into prisons worldwide with the aim of reducing recidivism rates (Enosh et al, 2013; Gideon et al, 2010; Hasisi et al, 2016; Lipsey & Cullen, 2007; MacKenzie, 2006; McGuire, 2003; Ronel et al, 2013). These include informal practices such as sports and yoga (Barrett, 2017; Guse & Hudson, 2014; Kewley, 2017; Ronel & Segev, 2014; Ward et al, 2007).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, to establish the comparison group, every participant in the yoga program was matched with a prisoner who had not participated in the yoga program but who displayed the closest propensity score to theirs. This matching was performed using the best matching method at a caliper of 0.0001, meaning that a successful match between a yoga participant and a non–yoga-participating prisoner was only made if the difference between the two prisoners’ propensity scores did not exceed 0.01% (Hasisi et al, 2016).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In quasi-experimental studies, as the present study draws on, unlike in randomized-control(led) trials, the process of participants’ selection might cause a bias in which only the best and most motivated patients enter the program (also known as the “creaming effect”; Haviv & Hasisi, 2019). The strength of this study lies in the fact that, beyond the many variables we controlled for, we also controlled for participation in other rehabilitation programs including informal and formal education, vocational programs, domestic violence programs (Hasisi et al, 2016), and the work–release program, which is considered the flagship program of the IPS and which has been found specifically to be effective in reducing recidivism (Elisha et al, 2017; Weisburd et al, 2017). Also, as an indicator of motivation, we controlled for the number of informal education programs that each prisoner participated in.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Can Yoga Overcome Criminality? The Impact of Yoga on Recidivism in Israeli Prisons

Kovalsky

Hasisi

Haviv

et al. 2020

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In recent years, yoga practices have been integrated into formal prison rehabilitation programs of the Israel Prison Service (IPS), as part of the informal education system, giving rise to innovative criminological theories such as positive criminology that emphasize the development of offenders’ strengths by facilitating rehabilitation and reintegration processes. The purpose of the present study was to examine the correlation between yoga practice and recidivism among released prisoners who participated in yoga programs during their incarceration in comparison with a matched control group of those who did not participate in yoga programs over a follow-up period of 5 years. To examine the effectiveness of the program, propensity score matching was used to compile the comparison group from among all convicted prisoners who were released from the Israeli prisons. Study results indicate that yoga may affect recidivism, supported by a finding of lower recidivism rates among released prisoners who had practiced yoga during their incarceration, compared with a matched control group. However, further study is needed including randomized controlled trials (RCTs). In light of these positive results, we recommend policy-makers consider expanding alternative practices such as yoga into prisons, in recognition of their contribution to the rehabilitation process through the development of personal and social strengths.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Can Yoga Overcome Criminality? The Impact of Yoga on Recidivism in Israeli Prisons

Kovalsky

Hasisi

Haviv

et al. 2020

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…All these conditions play a vital role. The cells, called rooms, accommodate one or a maximum of two detainees (tenants) and facilitate a sense of personal space to ease rehabilitation (Hasisi et al, 2016). 3…”

Section: Drug Rehabilitation Programs In Prisons—do They Work?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Prison Addiction Program and the Role of Integrative Treatment and Program Completion on Recidivism

Haviv

Hasisi

2019

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examines whether there is variability between the effects of three different drug rehabilitation programs operating in the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) on completers’ recidivism. By performing comparative analysis, this study attempts to address the problem of assessing the role of participants’ motivation. The study uses a rich administrative data obtained from the IPS system to develop a propensity score matching (PSM) approach where the treatment groups consist of only those who completed the programs, and the comparison groups consist of drug-addicted prisoners who have not taken part in any drug rehabilitation program. After matching, prisoners in the treatment and comparison groups are found to be similar on all known characteristics. Findings show that the only rehabilitation program that promised significant and positive outcomes for its completers was the more comprehensive one operating at Hermon Prison. Prisoners who completed the treatment were incarcerated and arrested less than their comparison group. The “golden strategy” for rehabilitating drug-using prisoners, then, will be twofold. The program should be based on the promising components of rehabilitation, that is, cognitive behavioral therapy, therapeutic community, long duration, intensity, and positive social climate. The program should also succeed in retaining its participants through completion.

show abstract

“…Wojnicka et al, outline the need for outcome measures which capture data pertaining to: relationship dynamics and the quality of communication in relationships, or following relationships; how much space survivors are being afforded, to take action and make changes in their life; feelings of safety; and the general well-being of children and survivors. However, a number of recent programme evaluations (Bloomfield & Dixon, 2015;Haggård, Freij, Danielsson, Wenander, & Långström, 2015;Hasisi, Shoham, Weisburd, Haviv, & Zelig, 2016;Zarling, Bannon, & Berta, 2017) have offered reconviction data only to evaluate perpetrator programmes. Further emphasis, in the realms of practice, policy and research, is necessary to drive home the message: counting violent incidents, and measuring recidivism is not an adequate way to evaluate and inform the development of interventions for IPV perpetrators.…”

Section: Textmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Domestic Violence Survivors on Behavior Change Programs With Perpetrators

McGinn

Taylor

McColgan

2019

J Interpers Violence

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study investigated the process of change in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) perpetrators through in-depth interviews with their (ex-) partners. Programmes designed to help perpetrators change their behaviour, have yet to be endorsed by rigorous evaluation. In this context, this study explored survivors' perspectives for direction on how these programmes might be further developed. Interviews were conducted with eighteen IPV survivors, who had recently had the experience of having a (ex-) partner complete a perpetrator programme. The study employed iterative data collection and analysis, in keeping with the grounded theory approach to qualitative research. Researchers used secondary coding to enhance study rigour. Lines of enquiry which were relevant to perpetrator programme development where identified in an expert review of interim findings, after nine interviews. Survivors described change on a spectrum, from highly significant change, through uncertainty about change, to harmful change. Some survivors described their subscription to new standards of family safety, following the support and time-out they had been afforded during their partners' treatment. Study findings give us pause to consider what we can realistically hope to achieve through traditionally formatted psycho-educative group-work programmes with perpetrators. Survivors described the need for long term sustained changed in perpetrators, and genuine feelings of safety for themselves, and their children. The authors discuss the role current perpetrator programmes might play in achieving these aims and point toward the inadequacy of commonly used behaviour-counting tools in programme evaluations. Based on current study findings, authors suggest that perpetrator programmes can become perpetrator-centric, and stray from their original conceptualisation as just one part of an integrated response to IPV. Authors lend support to calls for the use of survivor safety, and wellbeing measures, in programme evaluations.

show abstract

The “care package,” prison domestic violence programs and recidivism: a quasi-experimental study

Cited by 29 publications

References 51 publications

Can Yoga Overcome Criminality? The Impact of Yoga on Recidivism in Israeli Prisons

Can Yoga Overcome Criminality? The Impact of Yoga on Recidivism in Israeli Prisons

Prison Addiction Program and the Role of Integrative Treatment and Program Completion on Recidivism

A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Domestic Violence Survivors on Behavior Change Programs With Perpetrators

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About