Objectives

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has shown promise as a tool for rehabilitating offenders in the USA and other developed nations. However, little is known about the effectiveness of CBT outside the developed world. In Central America, a region wracked by rampant violence and disorder, CBT has the potential to change the behavior of persistent offenders and improve public safety. The present study examines the results of a CBT among supervised offenders in Honduras.

Methods

Randomized control trial, where one hundred parolees were randomly assigned to either a treatment (n = 50) or control conditions (n = 50) group and tracked for 14 months.

Results

Subjects who participated in the CBT program were 69% less likely to reoffend at any compared with those assigned to the control group.

Conclusion

Despite social, economic obstacles, CBT proved to be effective in reducing recidivism among parolees in Honduras—a testament to its robustness and wide applicability.

中文翻译：

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认知行为疗法对中美洲假释者累犯的影响：一项洪都拉斯实验的证据

目标

认知行为疗法（CBT）在美国和其他发达国家中已显示出有望成为改造罪犯的工具。但是，对于发达国家以外的CBT有效性知之甚少。在中部地区，暴力和动乱猖ramp，CBT有潜力改变长期犯罪者的行为，并改善公共安全。本研究检查了洪都拉斯受监管罪犯中的CBT结果。

方法

随机对照试验，其中一百个假释被随机分配到一个治疗组（n  = 50）或对照 组（n = 50），并进行了14个月的追踪。

结果

与分配给对照组的受试者相比，参加CBT计划的受试者在任何情况下再次犯罪的可能性均低69％。

结论

尽管存在社会，经济方面的障碍，但CBT在减少洪都拉斯假释犯的累犯方面被证明是有效的，这证明了其强大和广泛的适用性。