Therapeutic Components for Offender Rehabilitation: A 2000-2024 Systematic Review

A systematic review and content analysis of 163 studies published between 2000 and 2024, authored by Nihal Tutal. It synthesizes therapeutic components facilitating recovery in criminal offenders undergoing psychotherapy or psychosocial interventions. The analysis identified 7 core themes and 32 sub-components from interventions like cognitive-behavioral therapy and schema therapy.

Use Cases

• Identify prevalent therapeutic techniques for offender rehabilitation based on the 7 core themes and 32 sub-components.
• Analyze the relative emphasis on structured versus relational factors in the literature based on the described findings.
• Inform the design of multi-component interventions based on the synthesis of psychological mechanisms discussed.
• Benchmark existing rehabilitation programs against the identified components like cognitive restructuring and social skills training.

Strengths

• Systematic methodology covering 163 studies over a 24-year period (2000-2024).
• Content analysis produced a structured synthesis of 7 core themes and 32 sub-components.
• Clear license (CC-BY-4.0) permitting reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 680 KB DOCX file, indicating a limited scope likely containing analysis results rather than raw study data.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; data structure must be inferred after download.
• The description notes relational factors and trauma-focused adaptations were less represented, suggesting potential thematic bias in the source literature.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Nihal Tutal.

Collection Method

Systematic review and content analysis of published studies.

Time Range

2000 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 06:07:47.