TY - JOUR
T1 - The effectiveness of rehabilitation with persistently violent male prisoners
AU - Wang, Eugene W.
AU - Owens, Ronald M.
AU - Long, Shaun A.
AU - Diamond, Pamela M.
AU - Smith, Jason L.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - In 1990, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice instituted a specialty aggression treatment program called the Program for the Aggressive Mentally Ill Offender (PAMIO). It has beds for 458 violent male offenders and offers multidisciplinary medical and behavioral treatment. This study examined the effectiveness of this treatment program by comparing the annual rates of disciplinary offenses (e.g., staff assaults, inmate assaults, and good time lost) of 66 offenders prior to and following treatment. Paired t tests showed a significant decrease after PAMIO treatment in the annual rates of total disciplinaries, staff assaults, inmate assaults, and good time lost. This improvement appeared to be directly related to treatment effects.
AB - In 1990, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice instituted a specialty aggression treatment program called the Program for the Aggressive Mentally Ill Offender (PAMIO). It has beds for 458 violent male offenders and offers multidisciplinary medical and behavioral treatment. This study examined the effectiveness of this treatment program by comparing the annual rates of disciplinary offenses (e.g., staff assaults, inmate assaults, and good time lost) of 66 offenders prior to and following treatment. Paired t tests showed a significant decrease after PAMIO treatment in the annual rates of total disciplinaries, staff assaults, inmate assaults, and good time lost. This improvement appeared to be directly related to treatment effects.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033868058&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0306624X00444008
DO - 10.1177/0306624X00444008
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0033868058
VL - 44
SP - 505
EP - 514
JO - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
JF - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
SN - 0306-624X
IS - 4
ER -