This systematic review investigates if interventions adopting the “good lives” approach to
offender rehabilitation are effective at reducing recidivism. Keyword searches were executed …

There have been significant changes in the psychological treatment of sex offenders over
the past 15 years in particular. Before that, the field was dominated by the Relapse …

This paper examines the conceptual distinctions between rehabilitation, restorative justice
and desistance theories of offender cessation from crime. In this discussion, the overarching …

Background Little is known about the needs of substance-using juveniles in treatment aimed
at reducing criminal recidivism. Therefore, we aimed to examine treatment needs of …

Established in 1991, the Listener scheme, regulated by the Samaritans, is currently the best-
established peer support scheme in place to help reduce suicide in prisons. Each prison …

This study compared changes in psychometric scores over treatment for a sample of
convicted male sexual offenders who had attended a traditional relapse prevention (RP) …

Mentoring has recently taken centre stage as one of the primary criminal justice
'interventions' to reduce reoffending, having grown in popularity over the past fifteen years …

Working alliance (WA) considers the bond between two people, and their ability to work
collaboratively to set goals and tasks. In the present study, WA was applied to probation to …

This report is based on research that was conducted from the University of Leeds and Leeds
Metropolitan University. From May 2013, the research team included Professor Susanne …

The study of young offenders has tended to focus on adolescents, despite knowledge that
those who are engaging in criminality during childhood are more likely to experience long …