Measuring Psychological Change and Predicting Recidivism Following the Swedish One-to-One Program

The One-to-One program aims to reduce criminal recidivism among prisoners shortly awaiting release, and among probationers. Of 1484 program participants in Sweden, 776 contained adequate data for analysis. Pre- and post-program scores were available for the Alternative Thinking Test, Levenson’s Locus of Control Scale, Skill Survey, Citizen Scale and Problem Checklist, all areas addressed in the program. This study examined predictive properties...