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Reviews cited analyze hundreds of studies, concluding that counseling, skill building, and coordinated services outperform punishment- and deterrence-based interventions, and that outcomes remain meaningful even for high-risk offenders.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/healthcare/","Healthcare",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/preventing-future-crime-with-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-issue-265-criminal-justice-recidivism/203932/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/preventing-future-crime-with-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-issue-265-criminal-justice-recidivism/203932.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":42,"@type":43},"Kyle","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-05","2026-09-04",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",13,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"How does cognitive behavioral therapy aim to reduce criminal recidivism?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"It helps individuals recognize and restructure distorted thinking and perceptions, which then changes behavior. The therapy supports replacing unproductive beliefs with more constructive ways of thinking and acting.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"Which intervention types showed the greatest impact according to the cited review?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"Approaches based on counseling, skill building, and multiple coordinated services had the greatest impact in reducing further criminal behavior. Punishment and deterrence-based interventions were found to increase recidivism.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"Is cognitive behavioral therapy effective for high-risk offenders as described in the text?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"Yes. The review cited by Landenberger and Lipsey found significant reductions in recidivism even among high-risk offenders, and major effects were reported for more serious offenders.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},203932,1788565199,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,88,92,96,101,106,110,115,120,123,127],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":85,"show_sort_weight":86,"slug":87},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":89,"show_sort_weight":90,"slug":91},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":93,"show_sort_weight":94,"slug":95},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":97,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":98,"show_sort_weight":99,"slug":100},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":102,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":103,"show_sort_weight":104,"slug":105},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":107,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":108,"slug":109},7,40,"healthcare",{"id":111,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":112,"show_sort_weight":113,"slug":114},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":116,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":117,"show_sort_weight":118,"slug":119},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":118,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":121,"show_sort_weight":118,"slug":122},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":124,"slug":126},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":128,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":130},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":132},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":133,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":107,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":33,"language":140,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":80,"read_time":124},3985741905716,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_994ba38a5ba835b3df7d355c54d3ed8d","Preventing Future Crime With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy  \nby Patrick Clark  \nOne form of psychotherapy stands out in the criminal justice system.  \nCognitive behavioral therapy  \nreduces recidivism in both juveniles and adults.  \nThe therapy assumes that most people can become conscious of their own thoughts and behaviorsand then make positive changes to them. A person’s thoughts are often the result of experience, and behavior is often influenced and prompted by these thoughts. In addition, thoughts may sometimes become distorted and fail to reflect reality accurately.  \nCognitive behavioral therapy has been found to be effective with juvenile and adult offenders; substance abusing and violent offenders; and probationers, prisoners and parolees. It is effective in various criminal  \njustice settings, both in institutions and in the community, and addresses a host of problems associated with criminal behavior. For instance, inmost cognitive behavioral therapy programs, offenders improve their social skills, means-ends problem solving, critical reasoning, moral reasoning, cognitive style, selfcontrol, impulse management and self-efficacy.  \nRecently, Mark Lipsey of Vanderbilt University examined the effectiveness of various approaches to intervention with young offenders.1 His review analyzed the results of 548 studies from 1958 to 2002 that assessed intervention policies, practices and programs.  \nNIJ JourNal / Issue No . 265  \nLipsey grouped evaluations into seven categories:  \nn Counseling  \nn Deterrence  \nn Discipline  \nn Multiple coordinated services  \nn Restorative programs  \nn Skill building  \nn Surveillance  \nWhen he combined and compared the effects of these interventions, he found that those based on punishment and deterrence appeared to increase criminal recidivism. On the other hand, therapeutic approaches based on counseling, skill building and multiple services had the greatest impact in reducing further criminal behavior.  \nLipsey also examined the effectiveness of various therapeutic interventions. In particular, he compared different counseling and skill-building approaches. He found that cognitive behavioral skillbuilding approaches were more effective in reducing further criminal behavior than any other intervention.  \nIn a different research review, Nana Landenberger and Lipsey showed that programs based on cognitive behavioral therapy are effective with juvenile and adult criminal offenders in various criminal justice settings, including prison, residential, community probation and parole.2 They examined research studies published from 1965 through 2005 and found 58 that could be included in their review and analysis. The researchers found that cognitive behavioral therapy significantly reduced recidivism even among high-risk offenders.  \nPerceptions Affect Behavior  \nBeliefs, attitudes and values affect the way people think and how they view problems. These beliefs can distort the way a person views reality, interacts with other people and experiences everyday life.  \nCognitive behavioral therapy can help restructure distorted thinking and perception, which in turn changes a person’s behavior for the better. Characteristics of distorted thinking may include:  \nn Immature or developmentally arrested thoughts.  \nn Poor problem solving and decision making.  \nn An inability to consider the effects of one’s behavior.  \nn An egocentric viewpoint with a negative view or lack of trust in other people.  \nn A hampered ability to reason and accept blame for wrongdoing.  \nn A mistaken belief of entitlement, including an inability to delay gratification, confusing wants and needs, and ignoring the rights of other people.  \nn A tendency to act on impulse, including a lack of self-control and empathy.  \nn An inability to manage feelings of anger.  \nn The use of force and violence asa means to achieve goals.  \nTherapy can help a person address and change these unproductive and detrimental beliefs, views and thoughts.3  ","cbCaigViC082PaLY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigViC082PaLY","pdf",329047,"English","# Preventing Future Crime With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy\n## Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Criminal Justice System\n## Research Reviews and Intervention Categories\n## Perceptions Affect Behavior\n## Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Criminal Offenders\n## Program Examples and Future Research","[{\"question\":\"How does cognitive behavioral therapy aim to reduce criminal recidivism?\",\"answer\":\"It helps individuals recognize and restructure distorted thinking and perceptions, which then changes behavior. The therapy supports replacing unproductive beliefs with more constructive ways of thinking and acting.\"},{\"question\":\"Which intervention types showed the greatest impact according to the cited review?\",\"answer\":\"Approaches based on counseling, skill building, and multiple coordinated services had the greatest impact in reducing further criminal behavior. Punishment and deterrence-based interventions were found to increase recidivism.\"},{\"question\":\"Is cognitive behavioral therapy effective for high-risk offenders as described in the text?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. The review cited by Landenberger and Lipsey found significant reductions in recidivism even among high-risk offenders, and major effects were reported for more serious offenders.\"}]","Preventing Future Crime With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Issue 265 - Criminal Justice Recidivism | PDF"]