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Rated Programs and Practices on CrimeSolutions Incorporating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

May 26, 2016

Sidebar to the article Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Work in Criminal Justice? A New Analysis from CrimeSolutions by Thom Feucht and Tammy Holt.

The page presents lists of programs and practices rated by CrimeSolutions that incorporate cognitive behavioral therapy (as of May 2016).

Rated Programs Incorporating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Program Title  Rating Program Status
Aggression Replacement Training® (ART®)  Effective Active
Alternatives for Families: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy  Promising  Active
AMIkids Community-Based Day Treatment Services  Promising  Active
Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)  Effective Active
Behavioral Couples Therapy for Substance Abuse  Effective Active
Care, Assess, Respond, Empower (CARE)  Promising  Active
CASASTART  No Effects Active
Child–Parent Psychotherapy  Promising  Active
Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior–Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PSB–CBT)  Effective Active
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)  Effective Active
Connections  Promising  Active
Coping Power Program  Promising  Active
Culturally Focused Batterer Counseling (Pittsburgh, PA)  No Effects Not Listed
Ecologically Based Family Therapy (EBFT) for Substance-Abusing Runaway Adolescents  Promising  Active
Engaging Moms Program  Promising  Active
Equipping Youth to Help One Another (EQUIP)  Promising  Active
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)  Promising  Active
Forever Free  Promising  Inactive
Helping Women Recover Program (in a Drug Court Setting)  No Effects Active
HOMEBUILDERS  Effective Active
Methodist Home for Children's Value-Based Therapeutic Environment (VBTE) Model  Promising Active
Minnesota Prison-Based Sex Offender Treatment Program  Promising Active
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care–Adolescents  Effective Active
Multimodal Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Program  No Effects Active
Multisystemic Therapy (MST)  Effective Active
Multisystemic Therapy for Youth With Problem Sexual Behaviors (MST–PSB)  Promising Active
Multisystemic Therapy–Family Integrated Transitions (MST–FIT)  Promising Active
Multisystemic Therapy–Psychiatric  Promising Active
Multisystemic Therapy–Substance Abuse  Effective Active
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)  Promising Active
Narrative Exposure Therapy for Traumatized Children and Adolescents (KidNET)  Promising Active
New Jersey Community Resource Centers  Promising Active
Operation New Hope  Promising Active
Project Greenlight  No Effects Inactive
Prolonged Exposure Therapy  No Effects Active
Sexual Abuse: Family Education and Treatment Program (SAFE–T)  Promising Active
SNAP® Under 12 Outreach Project  Effective Active
Taking Charge  Promising Active
Targeted Interventions for Corrections (TIC)  Promising Inactive
The Incredible Years  Effective Active
Thinking for a Change  Promising Active
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF–CBT)  Effective Active
Rated Practices Incorporating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Practice Title Outcome Ratings
Adult Sex Offender Treatment  Promising: Crime & Delinquency - Multiple crime/offense types

Promising: Crime & Delinquency - Sex-related offenses

No Effects: Crime & Delinquency - Violent offenses
Interventions for Domestic Violence Offenders: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy  No Effects: Crime & Delinquency - Violent offenses

No Effects:  Victimization - Domestic/intimate partner/family violence
Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment  Promising: Crime & Delinquency - Multiple crime/offense types

Promising: Crime & Delinquency - Sex-related offenses

No Effects: Crime & Delinquency - Violent offenses
Motivational Interviewing for Substance Abuse  Effective:  Drugs & Substance Abuse - Multiple substances 
Psychotherapies for Victims of Sexual Assault  Effective: Mental Health & Behavioral Health - Trauma/PTSD
Targeted Truancy Interventions  Effective: Education - Attendance/truancy 
Therapeutic Approaches for Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents  Effective: Mental Health & Behavioral Health - Trauma/PTSD

Effective: Mental Health & Behavioral Health - Externalizing behavior

Effective:  Mental Health & Behavioral Health - Internalizing behavior
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Moderate- and High-Risk Adult Offenders Promising: Crime & Delinquency - Multiple crime/offense types

About This Article

This artice appeared in NIJ Journal Issue 277, September 2016, as a sidebar to the article Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Work in Criminal Justice? A New Analysis from CrimeSoutions.gov by Thom Feucht and Tammy Holt.

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Program evaluation Evaluation Social and Behavioral Science
Date Published: May 26, 2016

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