@article{ref1,
title="Brief motivation enhancing intervention to prevent criminal recidivism in substance-abusing offenders under supervision: a randomized trial",
journal="Psychology, crime and law",
year="2016",
author="Shaul, Lilach and Koeter, Maarten W. J. and Schippers, Gerard M.",
volume="22",
number="9",
pages="903-914",
abstract="The goal of this study was to assess the effect of a brief motivation enhancing intervention (MEI) on criminal recidivism. This was a multi-site, cluster-randomized clinical trial in six addiction probation offices. We randomized 73 probation officers (37 to intervention, 36 to control) and followed 220 substance-abusing repeat offenders that were allocated to them (111 intervention, 109 control). We report three measures of recidivism rate (self-report, police records, and combination of either of the two) and time to re-offending (police records) during a 12-month follow-up period. The proportion of re-offending and time to re-offending was not significantly different between offenders that received supervision plus intervention and those that received supervision-as-usual (SAU, no intervention). Our findings provide no evidence that supervision plus a brief MEI is more effective than SAU.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1068-316X",
doi="10.1080/1068316X.2016.1202248",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2016.1202248"
}