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The Georgia Cognitive Skills Experiment
A Replication of Reasoning and Rehabilitation
Patricia van Voorhis
University of Cincinnati, pat.vanvoorhis{at}uc.edu
Lisa M. Spruance
University of Cincinnati
P. Neal Ritchey
University of Cincinnati
Shelley Johnson Listwan
Kent State University
Renita Seabrook
Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles
Effects of the Georgia Cognitive Skills Program, a replication of Ross and Fabianos Reasoning and Rehabilitation, were examined for 468 parolees randomly assigned to treatment and comparison groups between May 1997 and July 1998. The evaluation tested the effects on arrests/revocations, technical violations, and employment at 9 months and returns to prison at 18 to 30 months. Survival analysis found slightly lower (statistically insignificant) recidivism rates for experimental participants than comparisons. No significant differences were found between experimental and comparison participants on technical violations and employment. Statistically controlling for offender risk factors, program completers had significantly fewer rearrests/revocations and returns to prison and more favorable employment outcomes than comparisons and dropouts. Results were similar for low-risk and medium/high-risk parolees.
Key Words: rehabilitation reasoning parolees cognitive therapy treatment
Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 3,
282-305 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854803262506

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