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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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The Effectiveness of Rehabilitation with Persistently Violent Male Prisoners

Eugene W. Wang

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 47 South Lake Shore Drive, Ransom Canyon, Texas, 79366, USA

Ronald M. Owens

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center–Amarillo, 1400 Wallace, Amarillo, Texas, 79106, USA

Shaun A. Long

Psychology Department, Texas Tech University, MS/Box 42051, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA

Pamela M. Diamond

College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, 77341, USA

Jason L. Smith

3201 W. Loop 289 #130, Lubbock, Texas, 79407, USA

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.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 44, No. 4, 505-514 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X00444008
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