title: Evaluations of correctional treatment programs in Germany: a review and meta-analysis.
abstract: This study presents a review and meta-analyses of research on the recidivism-reducing impact of correctionally based treatment programs in Germany. The data are part of the Correctional Drug Abuse Treatment Effectiveness (CDATE) project meta-analytic database (covering 1968-1996) of evaluation research studies of correctional interventions. Overall, the five studies of educational programs show no practical impact of these programs in reducing recidivism. Four studies of programs to counsel driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offenders fall in an intermediate area (not statistically significant, but promising enough to warrant further research). The eight studies of Social Therapy programs did show, on the average, a statistically significant practical impact in reducing recidivism.
authors.affiliation: Kriminologische Zentralstelle e. V., Wiesbaden, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Egg
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cleland
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lipton
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011330:Prisons; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012008:Recurrence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*