Journal of Offender Counseling Services Rehabilitation

Assessment of Short-Term Treatment Groups with Adjudicated First Offender Shoplifters

Dan Edwards ; George Roundtree
Cognitive Behavioural TherapyResearchIndividual randomized controlled trials with big samples (n>30)English
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Abstracts

120 adolescent or adult shoplifters were assigned to group therapy for 8 wks or to a no-treatment control. Group content included information on personality and communication skills from reality therapy, parent effectiveness training, Gestalt therapy, behavior modification, and assertiveness training. ANOVA revealed no significant posttreatment difference between the 2 groups on the MMPI Ego Strength scale, and no S in either group had been re-arrested at a 90-day follow-up. The role of low ego-integration in criminal activities is discussed, and it is recommended that future studies extend treatment and motivate participation so that legal pressures would not confound treatment effects in determining criminal behavior.

Journal
Journal of Offender Counseling Services Rehabilitation
Author
Publisher
Journal of Offender Counseling Services Rehabilitation
Year of Publication
1982
Volume
6
Issue
1-2
Number of Pages
89-102,
ISSN Number
0195-6116
DOI
10.1300/j264v06n01_07

APA citation

Edwards, D., & Roundtree, G. (1982). Assessment of Short-Term Treatment Groups with Adjudicated First Offender Shoplifters. Journal Of Offender Counseling Services Rehabilitation, 6(1-2), 89-102, . https://doi.org/10.1300/j264v06n01_07