000			01860nam a2200289Ia 4500
001			111378
005			20250625151256.0
008			110331s1996 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aBehrnes, Scott I. _9768
245			_aEvaluating the effectiveness of the pilot New Zealand Violence Prevention Project _cBehrnes, Scott I.
260			_c1996
300			_avii, 76 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aThesis submitted to Otago University for the degree of Master of Arts. Available for loan from Oatgo University Library.
520			_aThis study was a retrospective evaluation of the efficacy of the pilot New Zealand Violence Prevention Project in reducing recidivism among 32 adult male violent offenders. The study employed a matched group, quasi-experimental design. Results from an approximate 5-year follow-up of reconviction data showed that, compared to mainstream corrections practices, treatment was not associated with any significant reductions on multiple recidivism outcome measures. A survival analysis showed the treatment (completer) group had slightly better conviction survival than the control group, but survival curves for the two conditions did not differ reliably. Effect size comparisons, a technique less influenced by small samples, revealed modest but consistently greater reductions on pre- to post-intervention measures of recidivism for the completer group. The implications of such findings for the design of offender treatment programmes are discussed.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aOFFENDERS _9413
650	2	7	_2FVC _aRECIDIVISM _9491
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTREATMENT _9613
650	2	7	_2FVC _aVIOLENCE _9629
650	2	7	_9458 _aPREVENTION _2FVC
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS
999			_c3425 _d3425